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Rocky Mountain Pussytoes - Antennaria media
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4S5
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value:
5
Agency Status
USFWS:
USFS:
BLM:
State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Antennaria media is common in many higher elevation mountain ranges in western and central Montana. No significant and widespread threats to the species are known.
General Description
Stoloniferous, mat-forming. Stems erect, 3–12 cm. Basal leaves oblong to oblanceolate, 5–20 mm long, 1-nerved. Stem leaves linear, 1–2 cm long, uppermost sometimes flagged. Inflorescence corymbiform with 3 to 7 heads; male plants rare. Involucre: female 4–7 mm high. Phyllaries greenish-black. Corolla 2–4 mm long. Pappus 3–6 mm long. Achenes 0.5–1.5 mm long, glabrous to pappilose (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
AK to CA, AZ and NM (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 150
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Relative Density
Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Subalpine to alpine ridges and slopes often on warmer, drier exposures.
Ecology
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus pensylvanicus (Colla and Dumesh 2010).
Stewardship Responsibility
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
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Colla, S.R. and S. Dumesh. 2010. The bumble bees of southern Ontario: notes on natural history and distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 141:39-68.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Aho, Ken Andrew. 2006. Alpine and Cliff Ecosystems in the North-Central Rocky Mountains. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, Montana: Montana State University. 343 p.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Saunders, J.K. Jr. 1955. Food habits and range use of the Rocky Mountain goat in the Crazy Mountains, Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 19(4):429-437.
- Saunders, J.K., Jr. 1954. A two-year investigation of the food habits and range use of the Rocky Mountain goat in the Crazy Mountains, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 22 p.
- Simanonok, M. 2018. Plant-pollinator network assembly after wildfire. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 123 p.
- Williams, K.L. 2012. Classification of the grasslands, shrublands, woodlands, forests and alpine vegetation associations of the Custer National Forest portion of the Beartooth Mountains in southcentral Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 376 p.
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