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MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ELEOCHARIS ROSTELLATA 

 Common Name: BEAKED SPIKERUSH 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PMCYP091P0 . 005 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



WOLF CREEK HOT SPRINGS 



BC 



NOT VERY EXTENSIVE POPULATION, MUCH OF AREA IS 



DISTURBED. LIVESTOCK GRAZING. 



County: MADISON 



USGS quadrangle: SQUAW CREEK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



OlOS OOIE 09 NW4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



S 



1990-07-19 Elevation: 6100 



1990 Slope/aspect: 0-3% / LEVEL, WEST 



1990-07-19 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



FROM CAMERON, GO SOUTH ON HWY . 287 CA . 14 MILES TO ELM RECREATION 

 AREA. PROCEED SOUTH 0.25 MILE MORE TO GATE IN FENCE ON EAST SIDE OF 

 ROAD. GO THROUGH GATE AND FOLLOW TRAIL TO HOT SPRINGS. 



Element occurrence data: 



101-1000 PLANTS; STOLON PRODUCTION MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH 

 RAMETS AND GENETS. 



General site description: 



HOT AND COLD SPRINGS FLOW INTO MAN-MADE POND, WHICH THEN FLOWS THROUGH 

 A SMALL WET MEADOW. ELEOCHARIS ROSTELLATA/CAREX SIMULATA COMMUNITY. 

 ASSOCIATED SPECIES: CAREX OEDERI , PARNASSIA PARVIFLORA, TRIGLOCHIN 

 MARITIMUM. POND BERM AND AREAS BELOW POND INFESTED WITH EXOTICS. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



FURTHER SPRING DEVELOPMENT COULD DESTROY THE REMAINING NATURAL WETLAND 

 COMMUNITIES. 



Information source: LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 406/728-8740. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (5187). 1990. MONTU. 



