Phelps Creek - Summer 2025

Montana
Life Tables
The first stem collections for my life table project. I collected Dalmatain toadflax from Phelps Creek, a site down south of Bozeman just outside of Gardiner, MT
Published

June 24, 2025

Weather

⛅ Mid 80s, mostly sunny.

I drove to Gardiner, MT to collect Dalmatian stems from my Phelps Creek collection site. This site overlooks Gardiner and Yellowstone National Park.

Site Images

Truck parked at Phelps Creek

Collected Dalmatian stems

Weevil

Big Sage Brush

Mecinus janthiniformis found on Dalmatian toadflax

Mecinus janthiniformis found on Dalmatian toadflax