Plants

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax)

There is a great abundance of a species of bear-grass which grows on every part of these mountains.  Its growth is luxouriant and continues green all winter but the horses will not eat it.  Meriwether Lewis June 15, 1806 – Bitterroot Mountains Beargrass, to start off – is not a grass but a member of the […]

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Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)

….in the same part of the country there is also another growth which resembles the white maple in its appearance, only that it is by no means so large; seldom being more than from 6 to 9 inches in diameter, and from 15 to 20 feet high; they frequently grow in clusters as if from

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