USFWS RNA RECORDS - MONTANA PLANT SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN 



Scientific Name: CYPERUS SCHWEINITZII 

 Common Name: SCHWEINITZ' FLATSEDGE 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PMCYP06360 . 001 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



MEDICINE LAKE SANDHILLS 



County: SHERIDAN 



USGS quadrangle: SUNNYHILL SCHOOL 

 CAPENEYS LAKE 



Township: Range: 

 031N 057E 

 031N 058E 



Section: TRS comments: 



24 13, 14, 20, 23, 26 



7 18; 19 



Precision: S 

 Survey date: 



First observation: 1943 



Last observation: 1997-07-02 



Elevation: 2100 

 Slope/aspect : 

 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



MEDICINE LAKE SANDHILLS, SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LAKE, CA. 25 AIR MILES 

 NORTH OF CULBERTSON. 



Element occurrence data: 



RHIZOMATOUS, MANY THOUSANDS OF STEMS IN SANDHILLS AREA. 



General site description: 



OPEN SAND HILLS; MOST CONSISTENTLY FOUND IN BLOWOUTS; WITH ORYZOPSIS 

 HYMENOIDES, PSORALEA LANCEOLATA, STIPA COMATA, SPOROBOLUS CRYPTANDRUS, 

 CRYPTANTHA FENDLERI . 



Land owner /manager : 



MEDICINE LAKE WILDERNESS 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments : 



Information source: LESICA, PETER. REPORT TO THE NATURE CONSERVANCY. UNDATED. 

 Specimens: HOTCHKISS, N. (6869). 1943. MONT. 



