List of flora and fauna of Montana explained

Montana's large size, 147046sqmi, and diverse Ecological systems of Montana make it home to a diverse array of flora and fauna.

This is a list of flora and fauna of Montana related articles.

• Club-mosses and mosses of Montana
  • There are at least 23 species of Club-mosses and 153 species of Mosses found in Montana.,^{[1] [2]}
• Coniferous plants of Montana
  • There are at least 20 species of Gymnosperms or Coniferous plants in Montana.^[3]
• Ferns of Montana
• Horsetails of Montana
• Lichens of Montana
  • There are at least 41 species of lichens, Ascomycota known to exist in Montana.^[4]
• Dicotyledons of Montana
  • There are at least 2109 species of dicotyledons found in Montana according to the Montana Field Guide.^[5]
• Monocotyledons of Montana
  • There are at least 615 species of Monocotyledons found in Montana.^[6]

Fauna

• Amphibians and Reptiles of Montana
  • Montana is home to 14 amphibian species and 20 species of reptiles.
• Birds of Montana
  • There are at least 427 species of birds found in Montana.^[7]
• Molluscs of Montana
  • There are at least 42 species of freshwater bivalves (clams and mussels) known in Montana.^[8] There are also at least 155 species of gastropods found in Montana.^[9]
• Crustaceans of Montana
  • There are at least 30 species of crustaceans found in Montana.^[10]
• Fish of Montana
  • There are at least 31 game and 59 non-game fish species known to occur in Montana.^[11]
• Flatworms and leeches of Montana
• Insects of Montana
• Mammals of Montana
  • There are at least 19 large mammal and 96 small mammal species known to occur in Montana.^[12]
• Millipedes of Montana

Further reading

• Book: Rydberg, Per Axel PhD . Catalogue of the flora of Montana and the Yellowstone National Park . New York Botanical Garden . New York . 1900 .
• Book: Booth, W.E. . Flora of Montana, Part I Conifers and Monocots . The Research Foundation at Montana State College . Bozeman, Montana . 1950.
• Book: Wilson, Barbara L. . Field Guide to the Sedges of the Pacific Northwest . Oregon State University Press . Corvallis, OR . 2008 . 978-0-87071-197-8.
• Book: Stebbins, Robert C. . Robert C. Stebbins. Amphibian and Reptiles of Western North America . McGraw-Hill Book Company . New York . 1954.
• Book: Werner, J. Kirwin . Bryce A. Maxell . Paul Hendricks . Dennis L. Flath . Amphibians and Reptiles of Montana . Mountain Press Publishing . Missoula, Montana . 2004 . 0-87842-500-4 .
• Book: Henderson, J . Mollusca of Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming . University of Colorado Museum . 1924 . Boulder, CO.
• Web site: Freshwater Mussels of Montana-A Field Guide . Montana Natural Heritage Program . 2010-12-28.
• Book: Stagliano, David . Freshwater Mussels in Montana: Comprehensive Results from 3 years of SWG Funded Surveys . 2010 . Montana Natural Heritage Program .
• Web site: Montana Fisheries Information System . Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks . 2010-11-25.
• Book: Burr, Brooks M. . A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes : North America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides) . registration . Page, Lawrence M. . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt . Boston . 1991 . 0-395-91091-9 .
• Book: Hoffman, R.S. . A Guide to Montana Mammals . Pattie, D.L. . University of Montana Press . 1968.
• Web site: Northern Rockies Natural History Guide-Mammals . University of Montana’s Division of Biological Sciences . 2010-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100620185744/http://nhguide.dbs.umt.edu/index.php?c=mammals . 2010-06-20 . dead .
• Book: Foresman, Kerry R. . The Wild Mammals of Montana . . 2001 . 1-891276-26-3.
• Book: Picton, Harold D. . Montana's Wildlife Legacy-Decimation to Restoration . Lonner, Terry N. . Media Works Publishing . Bozeman, MT . 2008 . 978-0-615-18849-2 .
• Book: Putnam, Caleb . Kennedy, Gregory . Montana Birds . Lone Pine Publishing International . Auburn, WA . 2005 . 1-55105-463-9.
• Book: Tekiela, Stan . Birds of Montana-Field Guide . Adventure Publications . Cambridge, Minnesota . 2004 . 1-59193-097-9.
• Wright . Phillip L. . Status of Rare Birds in Montana, with Comments on Known Hybrids . Northwestern Naturalist . 77 . 3 . Winter 1996 . 57–85 . 10.2307/3536504. 3536504 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Montana Field Guide-Club-mosses . Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks . 2010-12-20.
2. Web site: Montana Field Guide-Mosses . Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks . 2010-12-20.
3. Web site: Montana Field Guide-Conifers . Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks . 2010-12-06.
4. Web site: Montana Field Guide-Sac Fungi . Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks . 2010-12-07.
5. Web site: Montana Field Guide-Dicotyledoneae . Montana Natural Heritage Program . 2011-06-16.
6. Web site: Montana Field Guide-Monocots . Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks . 2010-12-10.
7. Web site: Montana Audubon-Official State Bird List . 2011-07-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725050249/http://mtaudubon.org/birds/list.html . 2011-07-25 .
8. Web site: Montana Field Guide-Bivalvia . Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks . 2010-12-26.
9. Web site: Gastropoda . Montana Natural Heritage Program . 2011-07-22.
10. Web site: Crustacea . Montana Field Guide . . December 8, 2010.
11. Web site: Montana Field Guide . Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks . 2010-11-24.
12. Web site: Montana Field Guide . Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks . 2010-11-21.