ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 23 



Clavtonia lanceolata var. f lava 



^^currence number: 010 



Global rank: G5T1 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: CINNAMON CREEK 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: EXCELLENT POPULATION WITH LOW GRAZING 

 PRESSURE, VERY FEW WEEDS. 



County: GALLATIN 



USGS quadrangle: SUNSHINE POINT 



Township: 008S Range: 004E Section: 27 Precision: S 



Township-range comments: SW4NW4 , 28SE4NE4, NE4SE4 



Survey date: 1991-06-06 Elevation: 6040 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 15-30% / NORTH 



Last observation: 1991-06-06 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



GALLATIN RIVER VALLEY; CA. 37 MILES NORTH OF WEST YELLOWSTONE AT 

 ^ CINNAMON CREEK RANGER STATION. 



Element occurrence data: 



TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PLANTS IN FLOWER, JUNE 6, 1991. 



General site description: 



IN OPEN FORB MEADOWS; SURROUNDING FOREST IS ABIES LASIOCARPA/PINUS 

 CONTORTA. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: GERANIUM VISCOSISSIMUM, MERTENSIA 

 OBLONGIFOLIA, GEUM TRIFLORUM, ARABIS HIRSUTA, DELPHINIUM BICOLOR, 

 POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES, RANUNCULUS GLABERRIMUS . 



Land owner/manager: 



GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, HEBGEN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SITE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DOMINATED BY ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA AT ONE 

 TIME, BUT THE SHRUBS ARE DYING OFF. UPHILL AREAS DOMINATED BY A. 

 TRIDENTATA AND CLAYTONIA LANCEOLATA VAR. LANCEOLATA REPLACES C. 

 LANCEOLATA VAR. FLAVA. ALL SPRUCE TREES AREA DEAD IN THIS AREA, 

 POSSIBLY DUE TO SPRUCE BUDWORM. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, LISA A. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST 6TH 

 AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. (428). 1991. MONT. 



