MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 







Scientific Name: CAREX VALLICOLA 

 Common Name: A SEDGE 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PMCYP03EA0. 007 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LIMEKILN HILL 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: PIPESTONE PASS 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 

 001N007W 22 E2E2 



Survey date: 1992-06-29 Elevation: 7600 - 7650 

 First observation: 1992-06-29 Slope/aspect: 10% / EAST 

 Last observation: 1992-06-29 Size (acres) : 2 



^ Location: 



W HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE; CA. 0.2 5 MILE DUE EAST OF LIMEKILN 



SPRING. FROM FISH CREEK TAKE FS RD 8492 TO LIMEKILN HILL. GO NORTH TO 



THE SADDLE. SITE IS CA. 0.1 MILE NORTH. 



Element occurrence data: 



100-1000 INDIVIDUALS, IN FRUIT. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON CONVEX UPPER SLOPE. MOIST AREA ON RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN 

 SLOPE, SILTY SOIL, CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENT PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED 

 DOMINANT SPECIES: FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, LUPINUS SERICEUS. ADDITIONAL 

 ASSOCIATED PLANT SPECIES: CAREX HOODII, CAREX PETASATA, STIPA 

 OCCIDENTALIS, ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON RANGER DISTRICT 

 DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, BUTTE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



ROAD RUNS THROUGH POPULATION. 



Information source: 



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

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 

 • LESICA, P. (5743). 1992. MONTU . 



