Botrychium montanum W.H. Wagner
Annotated by Donald R. Farrar, 2011. Remarks: Based on enzyme electrophoresis.

Washington: Whatcom County: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: southeast side of Yellow Aster Butte, at base of large talus slope above trail ca. 0.6 trail miles SW of Gold Run Pass. Elev. 1590 m.
48.950726° N, 121.67598° W
Datum: WGS 84. Coordinate Source: GPS.
Stable, vegetated talus slope of calcareous gneiss, with serpentine outcrop at base, on a subalpine, south facing slope near treeline; with low herbaceous cover of Potentilla flabellifolia, Luetkea pectinata, Ranunculus eschscholtzii, Athyrium alpestre, Valeriana sitchensis, Carex, and some Vaccinium and Phyllodoce. Plants whitish-green, graucous; some with sporangia on lower pinnae or with two sporophores; some plants growing within 1 ft of serpentine bedrock, many more on calcareous scree; 35 plants seen, with B. lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum (both red and green genotypes), B. minganense, B. pinnatum. Photographed. Phenology: Spores.

Ben Legler 11838, Aug 29, 2010
With Timothy J. McNitt
WTU, Accession: 403893, Barcode: WTU-V-012940