Salix planifolia Pursh
Annotated by Steven Brunsfeld, 1989.

Montana: Ravalli County: Bitterroot National Forest, Lost Trail Pass, subalpine sphagnum meadow next to ski area just off Hwy 93, on MT/ID border. Elev. 2350 m.
Meadow ca. 1 h in size w/ scattered shallow pool surrounded by saturated muck flats dominated by Eleocharis pauciflora, Carex limosa, C. aquatilis, and Menyanthes trifoliata. Sphagnum hummocks between open water w/ very low-growing Kalmia microphylla, C. praeceptorum, Drosera anglica, and Pedicularis groenlandica. Occasional raised areas formed by trees of Pinus contorta and P. albicaulis w/ understory of Ledum glandulosum and Vaccinium occidentale. The rest of the meadow characterized by mixed stand of C. rostrata, C. aquatilis, C. prionophylla on moist to wetpeat, mostly without Sphagnum cover. Along meadow margins on moist, moss-covered substrate w/ C. aquatilis under trees of P. contorta and Abies lasiocarpa. Abundance: prominent. Shrub to 1.5 m. Phenology: Uncertain.

Robert Bursik 1470, Aug 4, 1988
With C. Clemens, F. Rabe
ID, Accession: 106928, Barcode: ID080778