Montana Natural Heritage Program 3 3 



Element Occurrence Record: Aquilegia brevistyla 



Occurrence number: 008 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: SOUTH FORK JUDITH RIVER 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION; ROADSIDE. 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: INDIAN HILL 



Township: 012N Range: QUE Section: 01 Precision: S 

 Tov;nship-range comments: NE4SW4 



Survey date: 1991-07-03 Elevation: 5040 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 0-5% / WEST 



Last observation: 1991-07-03 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, SOUTH FORK JUDITH RIVER, CA. 14 MILES SOUTHWEST 

 OF UTICA, ON BENCH ON EAST SIDE OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 

 10-15 PLANTS. 



General site description: 



CANYON BOTTOM, IN ROCKY CALCAREOUS SOILS BENEATH PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII 

 AND PINUS CONTORTA, WITH CLEMATIS COLUMBIANA, JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS, 

 LINNAEA BOREALIS AND ARNICA CORDIFOLIA, ACER GLABRUM, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS 

 UVA-URSI AND GOODYERA REPENS . 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 

 NONE. 



Information source: 



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

 HELENA, MT 59620. 



