Upper Treeline and Alpine Tundra - Mountains and Plains: The Ecology of Wyoming Landscapes - page 238

table 14.1. Some characteristic plants of alpine plant communities in Wyoming a

Wet
meadow

Willow
thicket common name Latin name Fellfield Alpine turf

FoRBS
Arctic alpine forget-me-not Eritrichium nanum X X — —

Alpine leafybract aster Symphyotrichum foliaceum — — X X

Alpine mountain sorrel Oxyria digyna X X — —

Alpine sagebrush Artemisia scopulorum — X — —

American bistort Polygonum bistortoides — — X X

creeping sibbaldia Sibbaldia procumbens X X — —

Dwarf clover Trifolium nanum X X — —

elephanthead lousewort Pedicularis groenlandica — — X X

Graylocks four-nerve daisy Tetraneuris grandiflora X X — —

Hooker's mountain avens Dryas octopetala var. hookeriana X — — —

Lesser spikemoss Selaginella densa X — — —

Moss campion Silene acaulis X — — —

Parry's clover Trifolium parryi — — X X

Parry's lousewort Pedicularis parryi X — — —

Redtop stonecrop Rhodiola rhodantha — — X X

Rocky Mountain nailwort Paronychia pulvinata X — — —

Rocky Mountian pussytoes Antennaria media X X — —

Ross' avens Geum rossii X X — —

Sticky polemonium Polemonium viscosum X — — —

tuf ted phlox Phlox pulvinata X X — —

Varileaf cinquefoil Potentilla diversifolia X — — —

White marsh marigold Caltha leptosepala — — X X

Western yarrow Achillea millefolium var . occidentalis — X X X

GRASSeS
Alpine bluegrass Poa alpina X — — —

timberline bluegrass Poa glauca ssp. rupicola X X — —

Alpine timothy Phleum alpinum — X — —

Purple reedgrass Calamagrostis purpurascens X — — —

Rocky Mountain fescue Festuca saximontana X — — —

Spreading wheatgrass Elymus scribneri X — — —

Spike trisetum Trisetum spicatum X X — —

tuf ted ha irg rass Deschampsia caespitosa — — X X

SeDGeS
Bellardi sedge Kobresia myosuroides — X — —

Blackroot sedge Carex elynoides — — X X

curly (rock) sedge Carex rupestris X — — —

Drummond's sedge Salix drummondiana — — X X