MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CAREX IDAHOA 

 Common Name: IDAHO SEDGE 



Global rank: G2Q Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PMCYP036E0. 008 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SOUTH FORK TUCKER CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: TUCKER CREEK 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 

 001N009W 36 NE4 



Survey date: Elevation: 6180 - 



First observation: 1992-06-27 Slope/aspect: 

 Last observation: 1992-06-27 Size (acres) : 1 



k Location: 



FROM DIVIDE (TOWN), GO NORTH ON FRONTAGE ROAD CA. 5 MILES. GO EAST 

 UNDER 1-15 CA. 1.5 MILES TO RANCH. TAKE ROAD TO RESERVOIR CA. 1 MILE. 

 INSTEAD OF CONTINUING UPHILL, GO DOWN TO CREEK. SITE IS CA. 0.4 MILE 

 UPSTREAM. 



Element occurrence data: 



50-100 INDIVIDUALS; IMMATURE FRUIT PRESENT. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON STRAIGHT SLOPE; MOIST AREA IN BOTTOM ON FLOODPLAIN 

 TERRACE. SILTY SOIL OF ALLUVIAL PARENT MATERIAL. ECOTONE BETWEEN CAREX 

 NEBRASCENSIS WET MEADOW AND ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA-FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS 

 STEPPE, WITH POA PRATENSIS AND JUNCUS BALTICUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments: 



LIVESTOCK DISTURBANCE EVIDENT. 



Information source: 



LESICA, P. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIV. OF MONTANA, 

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 

 . LESICA, P. (5730). 1992. MONTU . 



