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Element Occurrence Record: Aquilegia brevistyla 



Occurrence number: 010 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: SMITH CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



uses quadrangle: RUSSIAN FLAT 

 DAISY PEAK 



Township: OllN Range: OllE Section: 8 Precision: S 

 Tov;nship-range comments: NW4SW4 



Survey date: Elevation: 5880 



First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 30 % / NORTHEAST 



Last observation: 1991-07-18 Size (acres): 1 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS; FROM UTICA, FOLLOW THE SOUTH FORK JUDITH RIVER 

 ^ CA. 21 MILES SOUTHWEST TO THE INTERSECTION WITH SMITH CREEK. SITE IS 

 ^ CA. 0.12 MILE UP SMITH CREEK FROM THE CONFLUENCE. 



Element occurrence data: 



TWO PLANTS, PAST FLOWER. 



General site description: 



ON MESIC, LIMEY SHALE OUTCROP, IN PARTIAL SHADE OF A LOWER SLOPE. 

 PICEA ENGELMANNII/LINNAEA BOREALIS, WITH: THALICTRUM OCCIDENTALE, 

 ATHYRIUM FILIX-FEMINA, GALIUM TRIFLORUM, RIBES LACUSTRE , ACER GLABRUM, 

 FEATHER MOSSES AND CALYPSO BULBOSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



PLANTS WERE IDENTIFIED ON THE BASIS OF SHORT-STYLED CAPSULES; 

 COLLECTIONS NEED TO BE MADE IN FLOWER FOR POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION. 



Information source: 



FIELD, DANA, LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, BOX 869, GREAT FALLS, MT 

 59403. 



