Forest exist in the Montana State University 

 Herbarium (MONT) , Bozeman. It is believed that the 

 survey in the vicinity of the Cinnamon Creek Ranger 

 Station was successful in relocating the June 1928 

 collection from this area. The second collection 

 was from the Cabin Creek area, north of Hebgen 

 Lake, in July 1931. An extensive survey to 

 relocate the population represented by the latter 

 collection was not successful. There is much 

 seemingly suitable meadow habitat in the Cabin 

 Creek drainage, although these sites vary in both 

 exposure and species composition from the site 

 where Balsamorhiza macrophvlla was found in the 

 vicinity of Cinnamon Creek. The collection 

 predates the 1959 earthquake, which noticeably 

 affected the Cabin Creek scarp. The existing 

 information for this historical record is provided 

 in the element occurrence print-out on p. 57. 



4. AREAS SURVEYED BUT TAXON NOT LOCATED: Habitats in 

 the vicinities of the historical collections which 

 appeared suitable on topographic maps were surveyed 

 and are listed below: 



a. T8S, R4E, Section 22, SW 1/4, SE 1/4 



Section 27, NW 1/4 

 Section 28, NE 1/4, SE 1/4 



b. TllS, R3E, Section 1, NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4 

 TllS, R4E, Section 6, NW 1/4, SW 1/4 



Section 5, NE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4 

 Section 4, SW 1/4 



HABITAT 



ASSOCIATED VEGETATION: In the Cinnamon Creek 

 vicinity, Balsamorhiza macrophylla occurs on two 

 types of sites. The main population is found in a 

 sagebrush-forb community on a gently sloping open 

 ridgetop. Outliers are scattered through the 

 Douglas-f ir/lodgepole pine forest, and in meadow 

 openings on east-facing slopes below. The lower 

 sites are steeper and rockier and support a 

 different combination of plant species. Species 

 associated with the main ridgetop population 

 include: 



Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush) 

 Castilleia miniata (scarlet paintbrush) 

 Delphinium bicolor (little larkspur) 

 Delphinium occidentale (western larkspur) 

 Festuca sp. (fescue) 



Geranium viscosissimum (sticky geranium) 

 Heracleum lanatum (cow-parsnip) 



