March 30, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: RANUNCULUS CARDIOPHYLLUS 

 Common Name: HEART-LEAVED BUTTERCUP 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G4 

 SI 



Forest Service status; 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type; 



PDRAN0L0K0.002 



Survey site name: SWEETGRASS HILLS 



EO rank: BC 

 EO rank comments: 



County: TOOLE 



USGS quadrangle: V7EST BUTTE 



Township; 

 037N 



Range: 

 002E 



Section; 

 20 



TRS com; 

 SW4NW4 ; 



lents: 

 19 SE4NE4, NW4SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-05-30 



First observation: 1975-06-30 



Last observation: 1993-05-30 



Elevation: 4605 - 4740 

 Slope/aspect: 0-5% / SW-SE 

 Size (acres) : 10 



Location: 



SWEETGRASS HILLS, WEST BUTTE, ABOVE FRED AND GEORGE CREEK ON NORTH 

 SIDE. 



Element occurrence data: 



300-400 PLANTS, ALL IN FLOWER. MAIN SUBPOPULATION IS IN SECTION 20 

 AROUND AND ABOVE A SMALL WETLAND, EXTENDING WEST FOR 0.12 MILE. A FEW 

 PLANTS WERE ALSO FOUND ON A TRIBUTARY STREAM IMMEDIATELY ABOVE ITS 

 MOUTH. PLANTS ARE MOST VIGOROUS AND MANY-FLOWERED IN HABITAT WITHOUT 

 BRUSH. 



General site description: 



WETLAND MARGIN AND ADJOINING MEADOW SLOPES IN A LOCALIZED FOOTHILLS 

 SETTING, VEGETATION REPRESENTS THE MOIST PHASE OF POTENTILLA 

 FRUTICOSA/FESTUCA SCABRELLA HT, WITH ABUNDANT POA COMPRESSA AND HEAVY 

 INVASION OF SYMPHORICARPOS OCCIDENTALIS IN SECTION 19. ASSOCIATED 

 SPECIES: GALIUM BOREALE, PHLEUM PRATENSE, POTENTILLA GLANDULOSA, 

 JUNCUS BALTICUS, CAREX SPRENGELLII, GERANIUM VISCOSSISIMUS , HIEROCHI^E 

 ODORATA . 



.Land owner/manager: 



' PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



