Abstract
Thirty-two species of Hepaticae are reported from the Little Belt Mountains, Montana. All are new to the local flora and most are new to the state. The Little Belt Mountains are located between Meagher and Cascade Counties. They are the largest of the isolated ranges in Montana east of the main ranges of the Rocky Mountains and lie approximately between Lat. 46'30' and 47030'N and Long. 109' and 111iW. The Little Belt Mountains are about 60 miles long from southeast to northwest and 30 miles across. The peaks range in elevation up to 9,300 feet at Big Baldy, the highest, and the main divide averages about 8,000 feet. As a part of the northern coniferous zone, the Little Belt Mountains are well forested with Pinus ponderosa, P. contorta, and Pseudotsuga taxifolia. Except for the papers by Marcus (1910) and Frye and Clark (1931, 1937), little has been published on the Hepaticae of Montana. I have made over 20 collecting trips since 1965 and gathered about 800 packets of Hepaticae. Voucher specimens for the taxa reported below have been deposited in the herbarium of the University of Cincinnati and at the College of Great Falls. The collection numbers in italics are mine.
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