Montana Natural Heritage Program 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: SPIRANTHES DILUVIALIS 

 Common Name : UTE LADIES ' TRESSES 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: LT 



Element occurrence code: PMORC2B100 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BEAVERHEAD RIVER 



EO rank: DC 

 EO rank comments: HABITAT ALTERED BY LIVESTOCK 



County: MADISON 



uses quadrangle: BEAVERHEAD ROCK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 005S 007W 00 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1996-08-16 Elevation: 4785 - 



First observation: 1996-08-16 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1996-08-16 Size (acres): 5 



Location: 



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Element occurrence data: 



ONLY 1 PLANT FOUND IN LARGEST LOCAL AREA OF POTENTIAL HABITAT. IN PEAK 

 FLOWERING 16 AUGUST 1996. 



General site description: 



BROAD MARL FLATS ALONG PART OF A SPRING -FED MEANDER THAT FEEDS INTO 

 THE BEAVERHEAD RIVER. IN ELEOCHARIS PAUCIFLORA H.T. WITH ABUNDANT 

 GLAUX MARITIMA, JUNCUS BALTICUS AND TRIGLOCHIA MARITIMA, AS WELL AS 

 JUNCUS LONGISTYLIS, J. NODOSUS , MUHLENBERGIA RICHARDSONIS . SOILS ARE 

 MARLY PEAT WITH A FIBRIC BROWN UPPER CALCAREOUS LAYER AND AN 

 UNDERLYING BLACK, MORE HUMIC LAYER. 



Land owner /manager : 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



LONG HISTORY OF GRAZING AND HAYING ON THE BOTTOMS. MOST NATIVE ALKALI 

 SACATON PLAINS ARE HEAVILY INVADED AND CODOMINATED BY QUACKGRASS . 



Information source: HEIDEL, BONNIE. [BOTANIST] MONTANA NATURAL 



HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVENUE, P.O. BOX 

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: 406/444-3009. 



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