. Plant species of concern and plant associations of Powder River county, Montana . Plant communities; Endangered plants; Rare plants; Botany; Plant conservation. Figure 11. Habitat of C^r^.i; grcnidav^. ^ai7V/i7 (Custer Natl. Forest). Ceanothus herbaceus Raf, New Jersey tea Bucktliorn Family {Rhammtceae) BLM status: Watch USFS status: - Global rank: G5T?. State rank: SH State status summary: New Jersey tea is known from one historic occuirence in Montana. It may be declining elsewhere on tlie Great Plains. Relocation efforts have not been successful to date. Description: New Jersey tea is a h
. Plant species of concern and plant associations of Powder River county, Montana . Plant communities; Endangered plants; Rare plants; Botany; Plant conservation. Figure 11. Habitat of C^r^.i; grcnidav^. ^ai7V/i7 (Custer Natl. Forest). Ceanothus herbaceus Raf, New Jersey tea Bucktliorn Family {Rhammtceae) BLM status: Watch USFS status: - Global rank: G5T?. State rank: SH State status summary: New Jersey tea is known from one historic occuirence in Montana. It may be declining elsewhere on tlie Great Plains. Relocation efforts have not been successful to date. Description: New Jersey tea is a higlily branched shmb witli stems up to 1 m high. The alternate, lance-shaped to nan'owly elliptic leaves are 2 to 6 cm long and have seirated edges; they are glabrous on top but hairy beneath. Nimierous white flowers are bom in congested, rounded inflorescences that temiinate tlie growing branches (Figures 12 and 13.) Each flower is about 2 to 3 mm high with 5 calyx lobes and 5 petals tliat have a linear basal portion and a hood-shaped blade. There are 5 stamens and a 3-lobed ovary. The fiuit is a glossy, brown, 3-lobed, globose capsule that is 3 to 5 mm wide. It flowers in June, The Ceanothits genus has simple alternate leaves with 3 prominent, somewhat parallel veins arising from nearly the same point near the base of the blade. It also has hood- shaped petals, and 3-lobed fniits. Ceanothus herbaceous can be distinguished from otlier members of the genus by its naiTower leaves, which are less tlian 2 cm wide and not shiny on the upper Figure 12. Illustration of Ceatiothtis herbaceus Distribution: New Jersey tea is an eastern species tliat is peripheral in Montana. It grows from Quebec to Manitoba to eastern Montana, and south to Georgia, Texas, and Colorado. In Montana, tlie plant is knov^ai from a historic record in Powder River County- There are few pine stands represented on BLM lands in die study area. Of tlie few tliat were visited in tlie course of this survey
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