'v. ELEMENT OCCURRENCE PRINT-OUTS AND MAPS 



Occurrence number: 004 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: S2 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



Forest Service status; 

 Federal Status: 



LOST FORK JUDITH RIVER 



A 



ROADLESS AREA ALLOCATED TO 



RECREATION/GRAZING . 



SENSITIVE 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: ETTIEN SPRING 



Township: 012N Range: OlOE Section: 14 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE4 , 13SW4NW4 , 2 3W2 , 22SW4 , 27W2 , 34NW4 . 



Survey date: 1989-08-03 

 First observation: 1989 

 Last observation: 1991-08-08 



Elevation: 5800 

 Slope/aspect: 15-35% / N, NW 

 Size (acres) : 30 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, LOST FORK JUDITH RIVER, CA. 12 MILES SOUTHWEST 

 OF SAPPHIRE VILLAGE. 



'Element occurrence data: 



1991: ONLY PORTION OF POPULATION IN SECTION 14 SEEN, CA. 50 PLANTS IN 

 FLOWER 8 AUG; 1001-10,000 RAMETS IN 12 SUBPOPULATIONS . 1989: 

 FLOWERING. PLANTS OFTEN IN CLUSTERS OF 3 TO 6 INDIVIDUALS. 



General site description: 



PLANTS FOUND ON WELL-DRAINED MID-SLOPES AND RIDGES, WITH FILTERED 

 LIGHT IN OLDER DOUGLAS-FIR FOREST. DOUGLAS-FIR AGE CA. 2 00 YRS ; 

 LODGEPOLE PINE AGE CA. 180 YRS. ASSOCIATED VEGETATION INCLUDES: 

 PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PINUS CONTORTA, PINUS ALBICAULIS, CALAMAGROSTIS 

 RUBESCENS, ASTRAGALUS MISER, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS, 

 AND ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI. PLANTS OFTEN OCCUR WITH PELTIGERA 

 APHTHOSA (LICHEN) . 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-PHILLIPS, H.W. (890801-1), 1989, MRC. SEE ORIGINAL ECODATA AND 

 HERITAGE SURVEY FORMS (ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM) 

 FOR ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED SPECIES. ALSO SURVEYED BY DANA FIELD (1989 

 AND 1991) . 



Information source: 



PHILLIPS, H.W. LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, P.O. 

 15TH STREET NORTH, GREAT FALLS, MT. 



BOX 871, 1101 



