ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 37 



Claytonia lanceolata var. f lava 



^Occurrence number: 024 



Global rank: G5T1 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: COTTONWOOD CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: IRON CREEK 



Township: OlOS Range: 003W Section: 10 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE4 



Survey date: 1991-06-17 Elevation: 7040 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 15% / WEST 



Last observation: 1991-06-17 Size (acres) : 47 



Location: 



GRAVELLY RANGE, COTTONWOOD CREEK. TAKE THE RUBY RIVER ROAD ( FS RD 

 #100) SOUTH FOR CA . 16 MILES, THEN TRAVEL EAST ON FS RD #8837 FOR CA . 

 1 MILE. POPULATION IS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 10,000-100,000 INDIVIDUALS; WHITE FORM ONLY, 90% FLOWERING AND 

 FRUITING. 



General site description: 



ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; 5% TREE COVER, 30% SHRUB 

 COVER, 20% FORB COVER, 35% GRAMINOID COVER, 10% BARE GROUND; MIDSLOPE 

 DRY MEADOW HABITAT. 



Land owner/manager: 



COTTONWOOD CREEK RESEARCH NATURAL AREA 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, SHERIDAN RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



OBSERVATIONS BY ROY MITA, SHERIDAN RANGER DISTRICT ECOLOGIST. 

 ALLOTMENT #00169. SITE IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO COTTONWOOD CREEK 

 RESEARCH AREA. 



Information source: 



SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, 610 NORTH 

 MONTANA STREET, DILLON, MT 5972 5. 



