March 30, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: RANUNCULUS CARDIOPHYLLUS 

 Common Name: HEART-LEAVED BUTTERCUP 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDRANOLOKO. 007 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SWEETGRASS HILLS 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: 



County: TOOLE 



USGS quadrangle: WEST BUTTE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 037N 002E 30 NE4NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-06-10 Elevation: 4580 - 



First observation: 1993-06-10 Slope/aspect: 0-5% / S-SW 



Last observation: 1993-06-10 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



SWEETGRASS HILLS, WEST BUTTE AREA, NORTH OF SPRING CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



3 0-90 PLANTS, IN FRUIT AND LATE FLOWERING. PLANTS ARE VIGOROUS AND 

 MANY-FLOWERED. 



General site description: 



WETLAND WITHOUT SURFACE WATER ALONG A SMALL VALLEY SIDEARM ABOVE 

 SPRING CREEK. VEGETATION REPRESENTS THE MOIST PHASE OF POTENTILLA 

 FRUTICOSA/FESTUCA SCABRELLA HT. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PHLEUM PRATENSE, 

 PERIDERIDIA GAIRDNERI, SISYCHINCHIUM MONTANUM, POA PRATENSIS, 

 BOTRYCHIUM LUNARIA, CAREX AUREA. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



ALL MONTANA RECORDS FOR THIS SPECIES OUTSIDE OF THE SWEETGRASS HILLS 

 ARE ALPINE. AT THIS SITE, PHLEUM ALPINA GROWS IN A SLIGHTLY WETTER 

 ZONE NEARBY. THIS POPULATION IS LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM OCCURRENCE 

 #007; HOWEVER, THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT DRAINAGES. 



^^Information source: HEIDEL, B. L. 1993. [MTNHP SENSITIVE PLANT SURVEYS 

 IN THE SWEETGRASS HILLS CONDUCTED FOR THE BUREAU 

 OF LAND MANAGEMENT.] 



Specimens: HEIDEL, B. L. (1055). 1993. MONT. IHARTMAN. 



