Element Occurrence Record 20 



Botrychium minqanense 



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Occurrence number: 006 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: MARION CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: MISSOULA 



uses quadrangle: STARK NORTH 



Tov;nship: 017N Range: 023W Section: 33 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SW4SW4 



Survey date: 1991-07-06 Elevation: 4000 

 First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 1-5% / SOUTHWEST 



Last observation: 1991-07-06 Size (acres) : 2 



Location: 



NINEMILE CREEK, CA . 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MISSOULA. TURN OFF MAIN 

 NINEMILE ROAD CA . 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF NINEMILE DISTRICT OFFICE ONTO 

 PRIVATE ROAD UP MARION CREEK; FOLLOW UP CREEK 0.25-0.75 MILE. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991: 25 PLANTS ON 16 JULY. 1990: MORE THAN 150 PLANTS, SHEDDING 

 SPORES ON 7 AUGUST. 



General site description: 



PLANTS IN CREEK BOTTOM IN MOIST TO WET SITES IN THUJA 

 PLICATA/OPLOPANAX HORRIDUM AND THUJA PLICATA/CLINTONIA UNIFLORA 

 HABITAT TYPES; PLANTS IN BOTH NEEDLE LITTER AND VEGETATED 

 UNDERSTORIES. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PICEA ENGELMANNII, ABIES GRANDIS, 

 OPLOPANAX HORRIDUM, CLINTONIA UNIFLORA, b6tRYCHIUM VIRGINIANUM, 

 TIARELLA TRIFOLIATA, FRAGARIA VESCA, DRYOPTERIS SPP. 



Land owner/manager: 



LOLO NATIONAL FOREST, NINEMILE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



1990 SURVEY CONDUCTED BY ANDREW KRATZ . VOUCHER - KRATZ , ANDREW. 

 (900808001), 1990, MONTU, MRC . 



Information source: 



ACHUFF, P.L. 1991. [FIELD SURVEY OF NINEMILE VALLEY, MISSOULA COUNTY, 

 15-19 JULY AND 10-11 AUGUST (BOTRYCHIUM MINGANENSE, SATUREJA 

 DOUGLASII) ] . 



