Scientific Name: QUERCUS MACROCARPA 

 Common Name: BUR OAK 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status; 



Element occurrence code: PDFAG05190 . 001 

 Survey site name: ALZADA OAKS 



EO rank: AB 

 County: CARTER 

 USGS quadrangle: GOMER DRAW 



ALZADA 



COCHRAN RESERVOIR 



Township: Range: Section: TRS coimnents: 



009S 059E 32 W2; 29 S2SE4; 28 S2SW4; 31 NE4; 32 SE4 ; 33, 3 



009S 058E 36 E2SE4; 35 S2S2; 34 S2S2; 33 



009S 060E 31 NW4NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1986-06-15 Elevation: 3435 - 3650 



First observation: 1940-05-13 Slope/aspect: 0-20%/ALL ASPECTS, ESP. NE 



Last observation: 1996-07-12 Size (acres): 1200 



^"''^FROm'aLZADA go NORTH ON HWY 212 CA. 1 MILE, CROSS RIVER, AND TAKE 

 RIDGE ROAD WEST 5.4 MILES. PROCEED SOUTH ON UNIMPROVED ROAD CA. 2 

 MILES TO SHELDON CREEK. 



^ ^'^1996°''no''rEGENERATION OR ACORN PRODUCTION. 1995: >100 PLANTS IN T9S, 



R60e" S31; FLOWERING. 1992: EST. 5,000 TO 10,000 TREES AS DOMINANTS OR 

 CO-DOMINANTS ACROSS MUCH OF SCATTERED SAVANNA AND SCRUB WOODLAND 

 COMMUNITIES; 10-20 FEET TALL, MOSTLY LESS THAN 20 CM DBH, MAXIMUM DBH 

 CA. 45 CM. IN LEAF; SEEDLINGS; INSECT DAMAGE. DIMINISHING IN FREQUENCY 

 WESTWARD AND DOWNSLOPE. ACORN PRODUCTION LOW IN 1992. 



^""^CONCENTRATED^'oN EASTERN THREE-FOURTHS OF NW-SE TRENDING SHALE RIDGE 

 SYSTEMS, ALSO EXTENDING EAST TO LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER. MOWRY 

 SHALE-HEAVY CLAY SOIL; PINUS PONDEROSA/QUERCUS MACROCARPA/ JUNIPERUS 

 SCOPULORUM WOODLAND WITH ALMOST NO SHRUB UNDERSTORY, ALMOST NO 

 WOODLAND HERBACEOUS UNDERSTORY; MAINLY CAREX PENNSYLVANICA AND PRAIRIE 

 GRASSES, WITH SLIGHTLY MORE FORB COVER AT EAST END WHERE SANDY LOAM 

 OVERLIES SHALE. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



BLM: MILES CITY DISTRICT, POWDER RIVER RESOURCE AREA 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Specimens : 



LESICA, P. (3847). 1986. SPECIMEN #104571. N 



LESICA, P. (4123). 1986. MRC. 



DORN, R. (4250). 1985. SPECIMEN #357871. RM. 



COTNER, F. B. (S.N.) 194?. MONT. 



BOOTH, W. E. AND F. B. COTNER. (5146). 1951, 



