CURRENT SITES: In 

 Montana, Halimolobos 

 virqata is known 

 from five sites in 

 two counties. The 

 first reported 

 Montana collection 

 was only recently 

 made in 1986 from 

 Sheridan County 

 (Moers 1147 MONTU, 

 RM) . However, this 

 specimen was 

 misidentif ied and 

 has been annotated 

 to Arabis hirsuta by 

 Walter Fertig, and 

 deleted from the 

 Biological 

 Conservation 

 Database. 

 This revises 

 distribution 

 information 

 presented on the 

 species in 

 Vanderhorst and 

 Lesica (1994) . 



EO no. Site location 



001 Sweetgrass Hills, Liberty Co. northwest of 

 Black Jack Butte above Sage Creek 



002 



Sweetgrass Hills, Liberty Co., southeast of 

 Black Jack Butte above Dohrs Creek 



003 



Tendoy Mts., Beaverhead Co., Pileup Canyon 



004 

 005 



Tendoy Mts., Beaverhead Co., Limekiln Canyon 

 East Pioneer Mts., Beaverhead Co., East Fork of 

 Blacktrail Deer Creek 



3. HISTORICAL SITES: None 



4. UKVERIFIED/UNDOCUMENTED REPORTS: Its presence at far north and 

 south ends of the Rocky Mountains in the state would lead one to 

 expect populations between the two. 



5. AREAS SURVEYED BUT SPECIES NOT LOCATED: This species was 

 extensively sought throughout the Sweetgrass Hills with 

 particular emphasis on dry foothills. It has low habitat 

 fidelity or undefined habitat requirements, being absent from 

 large areas that would seem to provide suitable habitat. 



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