March 30, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: RANUNCULUS PEDATIFIDUS 

 Common Name: NORTHERN BUTTERCUP 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDRAN0L220. 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SV7EETGRASS HILLS 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION. 



County: LIBERTY 



USGS quadrangle: WEST BUTTE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 037N 002E 29 SW4SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-07-12 Elevation: 4705 - 



First observation: 1993-07-12 Slope/aspect: 0-1% / EAST 



Last observation: 1993-07-12 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



SWEETGRASS HILLS, WEST BUTTE AREA, ON LOWER SLOPE BENCH 1.5 MILES NNE 

 OF MCDERMOTT RANCH. 



Element occurrence data: 



4 3 PLANTS AT NORTHEAST END OF WETLAND. IN LATE FRUIT WITH MANY SEEDS 

 SHED. 



General s-ite description: 



PERCHED WETLAND ON BENCH BELOW WEST BUTTE. THE WET MEADOW VEGETATION 

 IS DOMINATED BY NON-NATIVE GRASSES; MAINLY BROMUS INERMIS AND 

 AGROPYRON REPENS . PLANTS ARE RESTRICTED TO SMALL ZONE HAVING LOWEST 

 PRESENCE OF EXOTIC SPECIES. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA, 

 POl'ENTILLA GRACILIS, JUNCUS BALTICUS, PHLEUM PRATENSE, CASTILLEJA 

 CUSICKII, VICIA AMERICANA. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



POPULATION IS COMPLETELY ON PRIVATE LAND, BUT THE WETLAND BASIN IN 

 WHICH IT OCCURS EXTENDS ONTO BLM LAND. 



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

 ^ IN THE SWEETGRASS HILLS CONDUCTED FOR THE BUREAU 



OF LAND MANAGEMENT.] 



Specimens: HEIDEL, B. (1129). 1993. MONTU, RM. ! HARTMAN 



