MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: VIOLA RENIFOLIA 

 Common Name: KIDNEY-LEAF WHITE VIOLET 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDVIO041V0 . 010 

 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: 

 001N008W 31 SW4 



001N009W 36 NW4 



Survey date: Elevation: 6120 - 6520 



First observation: 1992-06-27 Slope/aspect: 5% / - 

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



Location: 



FROM DIVIDE (TOWN) TAKE FRONTAGE ROAD NORTH CA. 5 MILES. GO EAST UNDER 

 1-15 TO RANCH. TAKE ROAD TO RESERVOIR CA . 1 MILE, THEN SIDEHILL EAST 

 TO CREEK. SITE IS CA. 1 MILE UPSTREAM ALONG CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



100+ INDIVIDUALS IN TWO SUBPOPULATIONS ; CLEISTOGAMOUS FLOWERS AND 

 MATURE FRUIT. 



General site description: 



SHADED BOTTOM; MOIST AREA IN RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN STREAM VALLEY. SILTY 

 SOIL OF ALLUVIAL PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED DOMINANT SPECIES: PICEA 

 ENGELMANNII, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED PLANT 

 SPECIES: ACTAEA RUBRA, RIBES HUDSONIANUM, PYROLA OSARIFOLIA. 



Land owner/manager: 



HUMBUG SPIRES PRIMITIVE AREA 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, HEADWATERS RESOURCE AREA 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments: 



ENTIRE CREEK NOT SURVEYED. STREAM IN FLOOD; SOME LIVESTOCK USE. 



Information source: 



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

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 



LESICA, P. (5731). 1992. MONTU. 



