ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 38 



Claytonia lanceolata var. f lava 



Occurrence number: 025 



Global rank: G5T1 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: KNOBBY PARK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: VIPOND PARK 



Township: OOIS Range: OlOW Section: 18 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE2SE4 , SW4SW4 , 19NE2NW4 , NW2NE4 . 



Survey date: 1991-06-14 Elevation: 7500 



First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 1% /EAST, WEST, 

 NORTHWEST 



Last observation: 1991-06-25 Size (acres) : 48 



Location: 



» PIONEER MOUNTAINS, KNOBBY PARK. FROM 0.2 5 MILE WEST OF DEWEY, HEAD 

 SOUTH ON FS RD #187 TO FS RD #7423 AT TOWN OF QUARTZ HILL, THEN NORTH 

 TO FS RD #70614, THEN NORTH TO KNOBBY PARK. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991-06-14: LARGE POPULATION CA. 710,000 INDIVIDUALS. 1991-06-26: SMALL 

 SUBPOPULATION TO WEST CA. 1000 INDIVIDUALS; ALL YELLOW FORM, 

 100% FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



IN OPEN, MOIST MEADOW, WITH ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, 

 AGROPYRON CANINUM, ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM, POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES , 

 DODECATHEON PULCHELLUM, POTENTILLA GRACILIS, DELPHINIUM BICOLOR, 

 ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA, JUNCUS SPP. FORB COVER 60-80%, GRAMINOID COVER 

 20-30%, SHRUB COVER TRACE TO 3%. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



SURVEY BY DALE MCKNIGHT, DAN SVOBODA, AND HARVEY. ALLOTMENT 49, 

 #237-3-15, 237-3-19, 238-4-8&9. ECODATA PLOTS #022C91M002, 

 #022C91M001. 



Information source: 



SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, 610 NORTH 

 _ MONTANA STREET, DILLON, MT 59725. 



