Element Occurrence Record 

 Allotropa virgata 



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Tccurrence number: Oil 



Global rank: G4 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 Federal Status: 



Survey site name: GASH POINT 

 EO rank: B 



EO rank comments: 1991: REMOTE LOCATION, SECOND 



SUBPOPULATION LARGER. 1990: SINGLE PLANT 

 LOCATED ALONG TRAIL; MAY BE DISTURBED. 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: GASH POINT 



Township: 008N Range: 021W Section: 30 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: NE4SE4 ;T8NR22W, 25NE4SE4 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991-08-29 



1990 



1991-08-29 



Elevation: 6280 

 Slope/aspect: 40-50 

 Size (acres) : 1 



/ SOUTHWEST 



Location : 



k TAKE GASH CREEK ROAD # 7 37 TO ROAD | 13101. FOLLOW THIS TO LAST 

 " SWITCHBACK BEFORE ROAD ENDS; TRAIL BEGINS HERE. FOLLOW TRAIL FOR CA . 



0.7 5 MILE; PLANT IS LOCATED AT TOP OF LAST SWITCHBACK. OTHER 



SUBPOPULATION IS LOCATED ON RIDGE TO THE SOUTH. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991: TWO SUBPOPULATIONS; 4 2 STEMS AT SOUTH SITE, 3 STEMS AT NORTH 

 SITE. 1990: GROWTH WAS SHORT, CONSISTING ONLY OF FLOWERING STEM. 

 SINGLE PLANT OBSERVED. 



General site description: 



ABILAS/XERTEN/VACSCO HABITAT TYPE, WITH VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, PENSTEMON 

 SP. 



Land owner/manager: 



SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS AREA 



BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



LOW-USE TRAIL. 



Information source: 



ROE, LISA S. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE., 

 HELENA, MT 59620. 



