MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: RANUNCULUS VERECUNDUS 

 Common Name: TIMBERLINE BUTTERCUP 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDRAN0L2Q0. 005 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: HELLS CANYON 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: MADISON 



USGS quadrangle: TABLE MOUNTAIN 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 

 001S007W 16 S2S2; 21 



Survey date: 1992-07-30 Elevation: 9200 - 9300 

 First observation: 1992 07-30 Slope/aspect: 10% / SOUTH 

 Last observation: 1992-07-30 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE; CA. 0.6 MILE DUE WEST OF THE PEAK 

 OF TABLE MOUNTAIN. SITE IS ALONG DRAINAGE AT HEAD OF CIRQUE. 



Element occurrence data: 



200-500 INDIVIDUALS, MAINLY FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON BOTTOM OF MOIST, NARROW ALPINE CIRQUE. WET-ORGANIC 

 SOIL, QUARTZITE PATENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED DOMINANT SPECIES: 

 DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA, CAREX PAYSONIS. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED PLANT 

 SPECIES; VERONICA WORMSKJOLDII , EPILOBIUM ALPINUM, CAREX ALBONIGRA, 

 AGROSTIS HUMILIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



SOME BIGHORN OR GOAT GRAZING EVIDENT. 



Information source: 



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

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 



LESICA, P. (5820). 1992. MONTU . 

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