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Element Occurrence Record: Aquilegia brevistyla 



Occurrence number: 003 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: SAGE CREEK 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: GRAZING IN AREA, BURNED IN 1990, LOGGING 

 IN 1991. 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: WOODHURST MOUNTAIN 



Township: 014N Range: OllE Section: 21 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments : S2 , SW4NW4 , 22W2 , 29SE4NE4 , 20NW4NE4 , 17SW4SE4 



Survey date: 1991-06-29 Elevation: 5600 

 First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 0-8% / NORTH, EAST 



Last observation: 1991-06-29 Size (acres): 4 



Location: 



CA. 2.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINDHAM, ALONG SAGE CREEK (FS ROAD ^265). 



"lement occurrence data: 



1991: SITE BURNED IN THE FALL OF 1990, ca . 750-1000 plants. 1990: ca . 

 2 000 PLANTS IN FLOWER AND FRUIT; VERY DISTINCT BLUE SEPALS AND SHORT 

 HOOKED SPURS. SCATTERED INDIVIDUALS UP HAY COULEE. SUBPOPULATIONS AT 

 AND ABOVE HAY COULEE ALONG SAGE CREEK ARE STILL PRESENT AND ABOUT HALF 

 IN FLOWER; PLANTS IN SECTION 22 MAY BE GONE. 



General site description: 



ECOTONE BETWEEN ENGELMANN SPRUCE/DOUGLAS FIR FOREST AND FESTUCA 

 SCABRELLA/POA PRATENSIS MEADOWS. ALLUVIAL AND COLLUVIAL LIMESTONE 

 SUBSTRATE. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: LINNAEA BOREALIS, JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS, 

 ARNICA CORDIFOLIA, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, PYROLA SECUNDA, PHLEUM 

 PRATENSE, FESTUCA SCABRELLA. MUCH OF THE OVERSTORY BURNED IN THE FALL 

 OF 1990. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



1991: AFTER THE FIRE, PLANTS WERE STILL PRESENT WHERE THE DUFF DID NOT 

 BURN. 1990: POPULATION PROBABLY EXTENDS UP HAY COULEE AND SAGE CREEK. 



Information source: 



PHILLIPS, WAYNE. LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, P.O. BOX 871, GREAT 

 FALLS, MT 59403. (900629-1). 1990. MONTU. 



