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table 13.1. Some characteristic plants of subalpine meadows in Wyoming a

Sagebrush
meadows

Dry subalpine
meadows

Mesic subalpine
meadows common name Latin name

GRASSeS
Alpine bluegrass Poa alpina — — X

cusick's bluegrass Poa cusickii X X —

Muttongrass Poa fendleriana X — —

nodding bluegrass Poa reflexa — — X

Patterson's bluegrass Poa abbreviata ssp. pattersonii — — X

Sandberg bluegrass Poa secunda X X —

timberline bluegrass Poa glauca ssp. rupicola — — X

Alpine timothy Phleum alpinum — — X

idaho fescue Festuca idahoensis X X X

Rocky Mountain fescue Festuca saximontana — — X

oatgrass Danthonia spp. — X —

Prairie junegrass Koeleria macrantha X X —

Slender wheatgrass Elymus trachycaulus — X —

thickspike wheatgrass Elymus lanceolatus — X —

Spike trisetum Trisetum spicatum — — X

tuf ted ha irg rass Deschampsia caespitosa — — X

SeDGeS
curly (rock) sedge Carex rupestris X X —

Dunhead sedge Carex phaeocephala — X —

ebony sedge Carex ebenea — — X

Hood's sedge Carex hoodii — X X

needleleaf sedge Carex duriuscula X X —

northwest territory (beaked) sedge Carex utriculata — — —

obtuse sedge Carex obtusata — X —

Sheep sedge Carex illota — — X

FoRBS
Alpine bistort Polygonum bistortoides — X X

Alpine sagebrush Artemisia scopulorum — X X

Prairie (fringed) sagewort Artemisia frigida X X —

Arrowleaf balsamroot Balsamorrhiza sagittata — — X

Ballhead sandwort Arenaria congesta X X —

creeping sibbaldia Sibbaldia procumbens — X X

elephanthead lousewort Pedicularis groenlandica — — X

Field (mouse-ear) chickweed Cerastium arvense X X —

Fireweed Chamerion angustifolium — — X

indian paintbrush Castilleja spp. X — X

Mule's ears Wyethia amplexicaulis — — X

Pale agoseris Agoseris glauca — X X