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Element Occurrence Record: Aquileqia brevistyla 



Dccurrence number: 007 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: HAY CANYON 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION, NOT EASILY PROTECTED. 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: INDIAN HILL 



Township: 012N Range: OllE Section: 14 Precision: S 

 Tovmship-range comments: N2SW4 ; 15SE4 ; 22NV-J4NE4 . 



Survey date: 1991-07-03 Elevation: 5200 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 0-30% / N, S, W 



Last observation: 1991-07-03 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, HAY CANYON NEAR THE SOUTH FORK JUDITH RIVER, 

 CA. 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UTICA. 



Element occurrence data: 

 800-1000 STEMS. 



General site description: 



PLANTS SCATTERED ALONG CANYON BOTTOM AND ROADSIDE, IN CALCAREOUS, 

 ROCKY SOILS. PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII/PINUS CONTORTA FOREST, WITH 

 CLEMATIS COLUMBIANA, LINNAEA BOREALIS, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, GALIUM 

 BOREALE AND FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



PORTIONS OF POPULATION IN DISTURBED HABITATS (ROADSIDE GRAVELS) . 



Information source: 



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

 HELENA, MT 59620. (447) 1991. MONT. 



