January 4, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



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Scientific Name: CAREX GRAVIDA 

 Common Name : PREGNANT SEDGE 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code : 

 Element occurrence type : 



PMCYP035G0.004 



Survey site name: EAST FORK OTTER CREEK 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments : 



County: POWDER RIVER 



USGS quadrangle: BEAVER CREEK SCHOOL 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 002S 046E 23 SE4SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-07-03 



First observation: 1995-06-24 



Last observation: 1995-07-03 



Elevation: 3900 

 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 

 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



CA. 5 MILES EAST OF ASHLAND ON HWY 212, CA. 

 RD 423, CA. 1.5 MILES WEST ON FS RD 1409. 



10.5 MILES NORTHEAST ON FS 



Element occurrence data: 



2 0+ WIDELY SCATTERED VIGOROUS CLUMPS, 

 1995. 



IN VERY EARLY FRUIT 24 JUNE 



General site description: 



UPPER SHELTERED END OF DRAW IN PINUS PONDEROSA/MAHONIA REPENS HABITAT 

 TYPE, WITH WIDELY SCATTERED AJ^ELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA THICKETS AND A 

 POPULUS TREMULOIDES CLONE IN NARROW BOTTOM. MOST OF POPULATION IS NEAR 

 ASPEN CLONE, IN PARTIAL SHADE. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: CAREX TORREYI , C. 

 HOODII, APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMIFOLIUM. 



Land owner/manager : 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, 



ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



OBSERVED BY H. MARRIOTT. PLANT OCCURS IN SAME LOCAL! 

 SCRIBNERIANUM BUT ON MORE LEVEL, SHADED SETTING. 



AS DICHANTHELIUM 



Information source: 



HEIDEL, B. L. AND H. MARRIOTT. 1994. SENSITIVE 

 PLANT SPECIES SURVEY OF THE ASHLAND DISTRICT, 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, POWDER RIVER AND ROSEBUD 

 COUNTIES, MT. UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO THE U.S. 

 FOREST SERVICE. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAJ^ . 

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