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By late summer, kochia becomes a tall broad tumbleweed often interconnecting with adjacent kochia plants. Long conspicuous hairs covering much of the plant and radially symmetric flowers distinguish Kochia from close relatives in the Amaranthaceae (Chenopodiaceae). This site lies near Graf Street, along the trail that follows Spring Creek, south Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana.

just flowering; not yet set seed; there were others on campus, and they all appeared to be growing in landscaping that had received fresh wood mulch this year...wonder if seeds came in with the wood mulch...

Lotus corniculatus grows commonly along roadsides and trailsides in the Bozeman area and continues to grow, flower, and fruit into late summer and early fall. The umbellate inflorescence bearing flowers with bright yellow petals and the trifoliolate leaf with leaf-like stipules (superficially rendering a five-foliolate leaf) are diagnostic of this species. This site lies south of College Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets, Bozeman, Montana.

Phragmites australis in the area around Three Forks, Montana, belongs to the native subspecies, as indicated most conspicuously by its deciduous leaf sheaths that exposes reddish stems beneath.

Flickr album and species (variety) diagnosis at https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/sets/72157687395478862/

Known isolated population on lower slopes of Sumas Mtn. Inaccessible location on private property, but visible with a long lens (and a little imagination) from across the Sumas River near McDonald Park. Characteristic twisted branches visible, with a few light green leaves (of fresh summer second growth); Bigleaf Maple also visible below for comparison of scale. Can't distinguish from English Oak at this distance though of course.