FLATHEAD COUNTY 



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T27N 

 T27N 

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 T28N 

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 T29N 

 T30N 

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 T31N 

 T31N 

 T31N 

 T31N 

 T31N 

 T31N 

 T32N 

 T32N 

 T32N 

 T32N 

 T32N 



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19 NE^, 



30 S'i 



3 NW^ 



15 NW5< 



16 SE^i 



2 NE^s 

 16 HEh 



25 NE^ 



26 SW^i 



27 nEh 



9 SVh 



6 NW?5 



19 E'i 



20 SH 



3 NW^, 

 13 SE^, 



2 4 NW>, 



31 SE*i 

 31 NWJ, 

 34 WJj 



7 SVh 



3 6 SE!j 



OF SW^, SE'^ OF NW^ 



OF SW^ 



OF NE^ (STATE) 



OF SV^h 



OF SE^ 



OF NEJ} 



OF NE^ 



OF SW^ 



OF SE^s 



OF SE!? 



OF NW^ 



OF NE^, 



OF NE^ 



SEC 4 HEh 



OF NW^ 



OF SE5, 



OF SW!-, 



OF UEh 



E. 



HABITAT 



1. ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: Epipactis qiqantea usually 



occurs in moist seeps, sometimes in calcareous soils 

 and, often in areas of high vegetation cover, but 

 usually where overstory cover is low. These sites 

 are highly variable with respect to vegetation 

 components and associated species. For example, 

 sites in the Swan Valley are surrounded by forests 

 composed of Picea engelmannii and Betula papyrifera . 

 while the Nimrod Warm Springs (001) site is 

 surrounded by shrubland, with a sparse cover of Pinus 

 ponderosa and Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) . 

 Furthermore, the Bluewater Spring (003) site is 

 surrounded by sagebrush grassland. A list of species 

 found associated with E. qiqantea at the various 

 sites follows: 



Alnus incana (thinleaf alder) 



Aster occidentalis (western aster) 



Betula qlandulosa (bog birch) 



Betula papyrifera (paper birch) 



Carex comosa (bristly sedge) 



Carex flava (yellow sedge) 



Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) 



Cornus stolonifera (red osier dogwood) 



