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Occurrence number: 008 



Global rank: G3G4 

 State rank: SI 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments : 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



SENSITIVE 



HIDDEN LAKE 



A 



SMALL POPULATION, BUT EXCELLENT LOCATION 



WITH NO WEED INVASION. 



County: MADISON 

 USGS quadrangle: 



HIDDEN LAKE BENCH 



Township: 013S Range: 001E Section: 3 

 Township-range comments: NW4SW4 



Precision: 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991-08-22 



1991 



1991-08-22 



Elevation: 6760 



Slope/aspect: 10-35% / SOUTHWEST 



Size (acres) : 15 



Location: 



NORTH OF CENTENNIAL VALLEY, JUST NORTH OF HIDDEN LAKE. FROM RED ROCK 

 LAKE WILDLIFE REFUGE, TAKE FS RD #8384 NORTH PAST ELK LAKE TO END OF 

 ROAD. PARK AND WALK NORTH ON TRAIL #35 TO NEAR THE END OF HIDDEN LAKE; 

 TURN WEST ON TRAIL #19 FOR 0.2 MILES; SCREE SLOPES ARE ABOVE TRAIL. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 4 3 PLANTS IN 3 SMALL SUBPOPULATIONS , SCATTERED OVER A LARGE AREA. 



General site description: 



ALONG THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF OPEN SCREE SLOPES WITH SPARSE 

 VEGETATIVE COVER OF PENSTEMON DEUSTUS , POA SECUNDA, CAREX FILIFOLIA, 

 JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; SURROUNDING FOREST IS SPARSE PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, MADISON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



Information source: 



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

 HELENA, MT 59620. (481). 1991. MONT. 



Element Occurrence Record - C i rs i urn subniveum 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



