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Occurrence number: 04 3 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: BEAVER CREEK 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: HABITAT IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT 



POPULATION FAIRLY SMALL. 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: PAINTED ROCKS LAKE (15) 



Township-range: 004S022W Section: 06 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: NW4 



Survey date: 1990-07-30 Elevation: 6240 

 First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 30%+ / SE 



Last observation: 1990-07-30 Size (acres) : 3 



Location: 



BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS, WEST FORK BITTERROOT RIVER DRAINAGE, 

 BEAVER CREEK; ALONG BITTERROOT NF ROAD #91, 2.6 MILES WEST 

 OF JUNCTION WITH SHEEP CREEK ROAD, AND CA. 2 AIR MILES 

 NORTHEAST OF HORSE CREEK PASS. 



Element occurrence data: 



4 PLANTS COUNTED; FRUITING ON DATE OF SURVEY. POPULATION IS 

 BISECTED BY THE ROAD, BUT THE HABITAT ABOVE AND BELOW THE 

 ROAD IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. NO SIGNS OF GRAZING; SOME 

 PLANTS HAVE COLONIZED THE ROADBANK. 



General site description: 



AGROPYRON SPICATUM/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS GRASSLAND, PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII FOREST ZONE; STEEP, SOUTHEAST-FACING SLOPE, IN 

 GRAVELLY LOAM SOILS, WITH BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA, ERIOGONUM 

 UMBELLATUM, CENTAUREA MACULOSA, HIERACIUM CYNOGLOSSOIDES , 

 LITHOSPERMUM RUDERALE. 



Land owner/manager: 



BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, WEST FORK RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



SIGHT RECORD, NO VOUCHER SPECIMEN COLLECTED. SITE SURVEYED 

 BY J.S. SHELLY, K. LACKSCHEWITZ , W. ALBERT, AND K. MCBRIDE. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J. STEPHEN. US FOREST SERVICE/TNC, REGION 1 (RAWE) , 

 P.O. BOX 7669, MISSOULA, MT 59807. 



