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Element Occurrence Record: Aquileqia brevistyla 



Occurrence number: 001 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: DRY POLE 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: POSSIBLE HYBRIDIZATION WITH AQUILEGIA 

 FLAVESCENS. 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: INDIAN HILL 



Tov;nship: 012N Range: OllE Section: 25 Precision: S 

 Tov;nship-range comments: SW4 



Survey date: 1991-07-01 Elevation: 5520 

 First observation: 1956 Slope/aspect: LEVEL-5% / SW, NE 



Last observation: 1991-07-01 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



h LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS; TAKE THE SOUTH FORK JUDITH RIVER ROAD (DRY POLE 



^ CANYON) CA. 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UTICA. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 4 5 PLANTS IN TWO MAIN SUBPOPULATIONS , AND SEVERAL SCATTERED 

 PLANTS. PLANTS FURTHER UP THE CANYON HAVE CHARACTERISTICS INTERMEDIATE 

 BETWEEN AQUILEGIA BREVISTYLA AND AQUILEGIA FLAVESCENS. 



General site description: 



ECOTONAL TO PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII (13-14" DBH) / PINUS CONTORTA 

 FOREST. ASSOCIATED WITH FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA, GALIUM BOREALE, 

 POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, ANTENNARIA RACEMOSA, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, 

 SMILACINA STELLATA, HABENARIA VIRIDIS AND LINNAEA BOREALIS. SITE IS 

 PARTIALLY SHADED BY VEGETATION AND PARTIALLY BY ITS CANYON BOTTOM 

 POSITION. CALCAREOUS ROCKY SOILS WITH A THICK DUFF AND MOSS LAYER; 

 MOIST SITE. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



ORIGINAL DATA FROM SPECIMEN: LOVAAS , A. (S.N.) 1956, SPECIMEN # 51788, 

 MONT. SOUTH OF LAST MAPPED SUBPOPULATION PLANTS SHOWED CHARACTERISTICS 

 INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN AQUILEGIA BREVISTYLA AND AQUILEGIA FLAVESCENS. 

 CA. 0.5 MILE BEYOND THAT, ALL PLANTS SHOWED CHARACTERS OF AQUILEGIA 

 FLAVESCENS. 



"nformation source: 



ROE, LISA S. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE., 

 HELENA, MT 59620 (442, 1-6) 1991. MONT. 



