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Flora
Mountains make their own weather. The Little Belt
Mountains receive significantly more rainfall than the Montana prairie to
the east. Thus, there is a rich and diverse flora in these
mountains. The plant list below is for the more common vascular
plants found in the lower end of Paine Gulch--a Research Natural Area in
the Lewis & Clark National Forest. To see photos of these plants, use the Image
Search Engine at Google and search for the common name or the genus
and species.
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Common Name |
Family |
Genus |
Species |
Comments |
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Rocky Mountain maple |
maple |
Acer |
glabrum |
tree |
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poison ivy |
sumach |
Rhus |
radicans |
toxic |
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spreading dogbane |
dogbane |
Apocynum |
adrosaemifolium |
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creeping Oregon grape |
barberry |
Berberis |
repens |
edible |
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mountain alder |
birch |
Alnus |
tenuifolia |
tree |
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water birch |
birch |
Betula |
occidentalis |
tree |
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hound's tongue |
forget-me-not |
Cynoglossum |
occidentale |
weed |
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blue stickseed |
forget-me-not |
Hackelia |
micrantha |
weed |
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wayside gromwell |
forget-me-not |
Lithospermum |
ruderale |
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mountain bluebell |
forget-me-not |
Mertensia |
ciliata |
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western snowberry |
honeysuckle |
Symphoricarpos |
occidentalis |
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meadow chickweed |
pink |
Cerastium |
arvense |
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white campion |
pink |
Lychnis |
alba |
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lambsquarters |
goosefoot |
Chenopodium |
album |
weed |
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yarrow |
composite |
Achillea |
millefolium |
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pale agoseris |
composite |
Agoseris |
aurantiaca |
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pearly everlasting |
composite |
Anaphalis |
margaritacea |
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field pussytoes |
composite |
Antennaria |
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Nuttall's pussytoes |
composite |
Antennaria |
parvifolia |
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wormwood |
composite |
Artemsia |
absinthium |
weed |
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arrowleaf balsam root |
composite |
Balsmorhiza |
sigittata |
medicinal |
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heartleaf arnica |
composite |
Arnica |
cordifolia |
medicinal |
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spotted knapweed |
composite |
Centaurea |
maculosa |
weed |
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golden aster |
composite |
Chrysopsis |
villosa |
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Canada thistle |
composite |
Cirsium |
arvense |
weed |
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bull thistle |
composite |
Cirsium |
vulgare |
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showy daisy |
composite |
Erigeron |
speciosus |
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blanketflower |
composite |
Gaillardia |
aristata |
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sunflower |
composite |
Helianthella |
uniflora |
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little sunflower |
composite |
Helianthus |
annuus |
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thin-leafed ragwort |
composite |
Senecio |
pseudareus |
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stiff goldenrod |
composite |
Soladigo |
rigida |
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meadow goldenrod |
composite |
Soladigo |
canadensis |
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dandelion |
composite |
Taraxacum |
officinale |
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yellow salsify |
composite |
Tragopogon |
dubius |
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prickly lettuce |
composite |
Lactuca |
scariola |
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small alyssum |
mustard |
Alyssum |
alyssoides |
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limestone rockcress |
mustard |
Arabis |
divaricarpa |
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hirsute rockcress |
mustard |
Arabis |
hirsuta |
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false flax |
mustard |
Camelina |
sativa |
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flixweed |
mustard |
Descurainia |
sophia |
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wallflower |
mustard |
Erysimim |
repandum |
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pennycress |
mustard |
Thlaspi |
arvense |
weed |
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Canadian buffaloberry |
oleaster |
Shepherdia |
canadensis |
shrub |
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common scouring rush |
horsetail |
Equisetum |
hyemale |
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kinnikinnick |
heath |
Arctostaphylos |
uva-ursi |
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leafy spurge |
spurge |
Euphorbia |
esula |
weed |
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field milkvetch |
pea |
Astragalus |
agrestis |
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black medic |
pea |
Medicago |
lupulina |
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yellow sweet clover |
pea |
Melilotus |
officinalis |
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white locoweed |
pea |
Oxytropis |
sericea |
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purple prairie clover |
pea |
Petalostemon |
purpureum |
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white clover |
pea |
Trifolium |
repens |
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golden smoke |
fumitory |
Corydalis |
aurea |
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quackgrass |
grass |
Agropyron |
repens |
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bluebunch wheatgrass |
grass |
Agropyron |
spicatum |
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smooth brome grass |
grass |
Bromus |
inermis |
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cheat grass |
grass |
Bromus |
tectorum |
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manna grass |
grass |
Glyceria |
spp. |
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alpine timothy grass |
grass |
Phleum |
alpinum |
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Kentucky bluegrass |
grass |
Poa |
pratensis |
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scorpionweed |
waterleaf |
Phacelia |
linearis |
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wild bergamot/horsemint |
mint |
Monarda |
menthaefolia |
medicinal |
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nodding onion |
lily |
Allium |
cernum |
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prairie onion |
lily |
Allium |
textile |
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wartberry fairybell |
lily |
Disporum |
trachycarpum |
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yellow fawn lily |
lily |
Erythronium |
grandiflorum |
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false solomon's seal |
lily |
Smilicina |
racemose |
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star solomon's seal |
lily |
Smilacina |
stellata |
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mountain death camas |
lily |
Zigadenus |
elegans |
toxic |
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wild blue flax |
flax |
Linum |
perenne |
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fireweed |
evening-primrose |
Epilobium |
angustifolium |
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willow weed |
evening-primrose |
Epilobium |
watsonia |
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calypso fairy slipper |
orchid |
Calypso |
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