MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: SAXIFRAGA TEMPESTIVA 

 Common Name: STORM SAXIFRAGE 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDSAX0U1R0. 014 

 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 SW4SE4,W2 



Survey date: 1992-07-06 Elevation: 9400 - 9900 

 First observation: 1992-07-06 Slope/aspect: 10% / SOUTHWEST 

 Last observation: 1992-07-06 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE, CA . 0.5 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE PEAK 

 OF TABLE MOUNTAIN, AND CA. 0.25 MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE MADISON-SILVER 

 BOW COUNTY LINE. 



Element occurrence data: 



100-500 INDIVIDUALS, 2 SUBPOPULATIONS , IN FRUIT. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON UPPER CONCAVE SLOPE. MOIST AREA ON GLACIATED MOUNTAIN 

 SLOPE, GRAVELLY/SILTY SOIL, QUARTZITE PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED 

 DOMINANT SPECIES: GEUM ROSSII, CAREX ELYNOIDES. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED 

 PLANT SPECIES: DODECATHEON PULCHELLUM, POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES . 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



ECODATA PLOT #92PL114. 



Information source: 



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

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 



LESICA, P. (5814). 1992. MONTU . 



