Montana Natural Heritage Program 

 Element Occurrence Record: Aguilegia brevistyla 



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Occurrence number: 005 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G5 

 SI 



Forest Service status; 

 Federal Status; 



SENSITIVE 



Survey site name: BURLEY CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



uses quadrangle: INDIAN HILL 



Township: 012N Range: OllE Section: 35 

 Township-range comments: NW4 , 2 6CENTRAL. 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1991-08 

 First observation: 1991 

 Last observation: 1991-08 



Elevation: 5800 

 Slope/aspect: 0-30% / NNW 

 Size (acres) : 300 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS; CA . 2 AIR MILES SOUTH OF DRY POLE CAMPGROUND. 



SITE IS EAST OF THE SOUTH FORK JUDITH RIVER, ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE 

 ^ RIDGE. 



Element occurrence data: 



SEVERAL THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS 



FULL FLOWER TO PAST FLOWER. 



General site description: 



PLANTS SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA. SEMI-OPEN, MOIST DRAINAGE BOTTOMS 

 AND LOWER SLOPES, LIMESTONE BEDROCK, SILTY CLAY LOAM SOIL. PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII/SYMPHORICARPOS ALBUS , PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII/LINNAEA 

 BOREALIS, AND PICEA ENGELMANNII/LINNAEA BOREALIS HABITAT TYPES. PINUS 

 PONDEROSA, SHEPHERDIA CANADENSIS, JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS, SPIRAEA 

 BETULIFOLIA, GERANIUM RICHARDSONII , FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, POA SPP., 

 HYLOCOMIUM SPLENDENS, PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI , DREPANOCLADUS UNCINATUS, 

 TIMMIA AUSTRIACA, AND THUIDIUM ABIETINUM. ALSO GOODYERA REPENS. LIST 

 OF ADDITIONAL SPECIES ON FILE AT MTNHP. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



ALONG BURLEY CREEK, PLANTS OCCUR ALONGSIDE OLD, REVEGETATED ROADWAY 

 ACCESSING A SMALL TIMBER HARVEST. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY ROGER EVANS. 

 LATER SURVEY WORK BY WAYNE PHILLIPS EXTENDED POPULATION BOUNDARIES. 



Information source: 



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

 ^ GREAT FALLS, MT 594 03. 



