Title: List of the bryophytes of Yellow Bay Biological Station, Lake Co., Montana
Abstract: List of the bryophytes of Yellow Bay Biological Station, Lake Co., Montana compiled by Toby Spribille!On 8-9 May 1997, a group of 25 people, mostly Forest Service botanists and ecologists from the interior Pacific Northwest, gathered at the University of Montana Biological Station at Yellow Bay of Flathead Lake (Lake Co., Montana; 47°52°30"N 114°03'W) to attend an introductory bryological course taught by Drs.Dale Vitt and Lars Séderstrém.The course lectures primarily concentrated on basic morphology and ecology, and the relevance of cryptogam science to ecosystem-oriented natural resource management.There were also a number of field outings during which participants collected extensively on the peninsula which juts out into Flathead Lake and helps form Yellow Bay.The collecting resulted in a number of interesting finds, including at least one new species for Montana, Herzogiella striatella.A list was made of the bryophytes found, which is presented here.Yellow Bay is situated in the middle of a strip of some of the warmest forests in Montana.These are chiefly composed of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var.