Montana Natural Heritage Program 3 



Element Occurrence Record: Aquileqia brevistyla 



Occurrence number: 006 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: HIGH SPRING CREEK 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: EXCELLENT POPULATION. 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: INDIAN HILL 



Township: 012N Range: OllE Section: 27 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: CENTER 



Survey date: 1991-07-02 Elevation: 5600 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 0-40% / NORTH 



Last observation: 1991-07-02 Size (acres) : 30 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, HIGH SPRING CREEK, NEAR THE SOUTH FORK JUDITH 

 RIVER, CA. 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UTICA. 



Element occurrence data: 



100-200 PLANTS, SCATTERED. 



General site description: 



IN CALCAREOUS ROCKY SOILS WITHIN AND AT MARGINS OF PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII AND PINUS CONTORTA FOREST. IN FEATHERMOSS, WITH CLEMATIS 

 COLUMBIANA, LINNAEA BOREALIS, ANTENNARIA RACEMOSA, SMILACINA STELLATA, 

 AND POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



NO AQUILEGIA FLAVESCENS PRESENT. 



Information source: 



ROE, LISA S. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST 6TH AVE., 

 HELENA, MT 59620. (445). 1991. MONT. 



