Salix geyeriana/Carex rostrata (Geyer willow/beaked sedge) Habitat Type

This large willow community also occupies the entire flood plain. The site is dominated by Salix boothii (Booth willow) with an understory of Carex rostrata (beaked sedge). The location is near Birch Creek in the extreme southwest corner of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation along the East Front of the Rocky Mountains in Montana (elevation is approximately 1,433 m; 4,700 ft).