I . INTRODUCTION 



This report is an update of an earlier status review of Goodyera 

 repens (Achuff and Schassberger 1991) which is a sensitive 

 species that occurs on the Lewis and Clark National Forest. 

 Additional field surveys were conducted in the summer of 1991 by 

 personnel from the Montana Natural Heritage Program and the Lewis 

 and Clark National Forest. 



These surveys located 12 new populations of Goodyera repens on 

 the Lewis and Clark National Forest and updated observations of 

 three other populations. 



II. SPECIES INFORMATION 



A. REVIEW OF PRESENT STATUS 



1. FEDERAL STATUS: Goodyera repens is currently 

 listed as a sensitive species by Region 1 of the 

 U.S. Forest Service. It has no status under the 

 Endangered Species Act. 



2. STATE STATUS: Goodyera repens is currently ranked 

 by the Montana Heritage Program as an 32 species 

 (imperiled because of rarity) . It is also 

 considered sensitive within the state (Lesica and 

 Shelly 1991) . 



B. UPDATE OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION IN MONTANA 



The twelve populations of Goodyera repens newly 

 discovered in 1991 (Table 1) are all essentially within 

 the previously known range of the species in Montana. 

 Eleven of the occurrences are in the eastern portion of 

 the Little Belt Mountains near other previously known 

 sites. The twelfth occurrence (023) is on the north 

 side of the Big Snowy Mountains about nine miles west 

 of a previously known occurrence (005) . Detailed 

 information on these new occurrences is in section V. 



C. POPULATION MONITORING 



1. KNOWN POPULATIONS RESURVEYED IN 19 91 



The Lost Fork Judith River occurrence (004) was 

 partially re-examined in 1991. More than 1000 

 plants were seen on 8 August 1991, about 50 of 

 which were flowering. 



The Bear Gulch occurrence (008) was resurveyed in 

 1991 and greatly extended to the southwest along 



