Table 4 . --Average delay in days (x) over a 5-year period and standard deviation (a) 

 of delay in plant development on northeast as aompared to southwest 

 exposures, and at 8,200 ft. as compared to 7,100-ft. elevations'^ 









Exposure 











Elevat ion 







Speciss 



Growth 



Bloom : 



Dried : 



Growth 



: Bloom : 



Dried 





starts 



: _ 





_ 





starts 













X 



a 



X 



a : 



X 



: 



X 



a 



: X 



a : 



X 



a 



FORBS: 



























Achillea millefolium 



7 



7 



2 



5 



2 



17 



32 



10 



21 



11 



20 



24 



Agoseris glauoa 



9 



4 



1 1 



12 



21 



25 



26 



9 



26 



13 



34 



38 



Anemone patens 



10 



2 



10 



2 



5 



12 















Antennaria rosea 



9 



6 



5 



3 



— 



— 



20 



6 



1 1 



7 







Campanula rotundi folia 



7 



6 



2 



4 



4 



10 















Cerastium arvense 



3 



3 



2 



4 



11 



11 



27 



8 



24 



7 



26 



15 



Delphinium bicolor 



5 



8 



8 



5 



2 



7 



29 



12 



19 



12 



13 



10 



Dodecatheon conjugens 



7 



5 



9 



6 



17 



12 



28 



9 



29 



8 



25 



11 



Erigeron gracilis 



4 



2 



4 



4 



1 



15 















Fritillaria pudica 



6 



3 



7 



7 



4 



8 















Gaillardia aristata 



8 



9 



4 



1 



9 



5 















Geum triflorum 



6 



6 



6 



6 



8 



12 



24 



10 



22 



8 



20 



20 



Linum perenne 



7 



10 



3 



1 



9 



5 















Lomatium cous 



11 



4 



11 



7 



5 



3 



37 



10 



37 



10 



14 



3 



Lupinus argenteus 



7 



6 



3 



6 



1 



4 















Lupinus sereoius 



8 



2 



5 



5 



2 



5 















Myositis sylvatica 















30 



8 



20 



5 



25 



10 



Osytropis serecia 



18 



5 



10 



5 





20 



30 



13 



19 



7 



15 



11 



Phlox multiflora 



7 



4 



-1 



4 



7 



4 



28 



5 



15 



6 



8 



12 



Polygonum histortoides 



7 



5 



5 



5 



5 



5 



29 



9 



17 



6 



14 



6 



Potentilla diver sifolia 



7 



5 



5 



2 



12 



12 















Saxifraga montanensis 



9 



5 



13 



6 



7 



5 



32 



5 



29 



8 



4 



2 



Frasera speaiosa 















28 



14 



19 



8 



15 



14 



Zygadenus veneosus 



12 



10 



9 



6 



15 



17 















GRASSES: 



























Agropyron spicatum 



11 



4 



,2 



4 



5 



9 















Agropyron caninum 



8 



1 



1 



2 



6 



2 















Danthonia intermedia 



9 



9 



<1 



3 



2 



3 



24 



8 



13 



7 



6 



7 



Festuoa idahoensis 



7 



5 



4 



4 



9 



16 



27 



10 



16 



5 



17 



24 



Stipa occidentalis 



7 



6 



4 



4 



6 



12 



19 



7 



15 



8 



8 



14 



^Data from lower and upper elevations combined to determine differences between 

 exposures; those from southwest and northeast exposures combined to determine 

 differences between elevations. 



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