MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CLAYTONIA LANCEOLATA VAR FLAVA 

 Common Name: YELLOW SPRINGBEAUTY 



Global rank: G5T5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDPOR03092 . 005 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BURTON PARK 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: LARGE, REPRESENTATIVE POPULATION; ALL 

 WHITE-FLOWERED. 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT HUMBUG 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 



001N008W 27 SW4NE4,NE4NW4,E2SE4;22W2,NW4SE4 / 26SW4SW4 / 35NW 



Survey date: 1989-06-05 Elevation: 6880 - 

 First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1989-06-05 Size (acres) : 200 



I Location: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS, BURTON PARK AND UPPER NORTH FORK TUCKER CREEK, CA. 

 12 AIR MILES SSW OF BUTTE; ALONG HIGHLAND ROAD (N.F. ROAD #84). 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 60,000 PLANTS IN 11 SUBPOPULATIONS ; ONLY WHITE-FLOWERED PLANTS 

 OBSERVED. 



General site description: 



LARGE, LEVEL MEADOW, WITH POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, DODECATHEON CONJUGENS, 

 POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES, GEUM TRIFLORUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, BUTTE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SCHASSBERGER, L.A. (204). 1988. MONTU; SYSTEMATIC STUDIES IN 

 PROGRESS. UNIQUE POPULATION — ENTIRELY WHITE-FLOWERED. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS OF THE PIONEER MOUNTAINS, 6-9 

 JUNE. 



Specimens: 



