Element Occurrence Record 

 Allotropa virgata 



27 



Jccurrence number: 014 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G4 

 SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



SENSITIVE 



Survey site name: SLEEPING CHILD CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: BALD TOP MOUNTAIN 



Township: 004N Range: 019W Section: 33 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SW4SE4, SE4SW4, SW4SW4 ; T3NR19W S4 , NW4NE4 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991-09-04 Elevation: 6200 



1990 Slope/aspect: 15-30% / W, SE 



1991-09-04 Size (acres) : 18 



Location: 



SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS; CA . 11 AIR MILES NORTHEAST OF DARBY. SLEEPING 

 CHILD CREEK DRAINAGE, SLOPES ABOVE (WEST OF) F.S. ROAD #1392, CA . 5 

 fc MILES FROM JUNCTION WITH ROAD #273. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991: MAIN POPULATION, 31 CLUSTERS, 146 STEMS (60 LIVE, 86 DEAD); SOME 

 CLUSTERS MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED DURING THIS SURVEY. 1990: 108 CLUSTERS: 

 183 LIVE STEMS, 327 DEAD IN MAIN POPULATION. SOUTHERN SUBPOPULATION 

 WAS NOT COUNTED, "NUMEROUS". WESTERN SUBPOPULATION HAD 20 CLUSTERS: 42 

 LIVE STEMS, 68 DEAD STEMS. LATE FLOWERING/FRUITING. 



General site description: 



GRANITE BEDROCK, SOILS GRAVELLY TO LOAMY. ABIES LASIOCARPA HABITAT 

 TYPE AND PINUS CONTORTA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: 

 ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, CHIMAPHILA MENZIESII, PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, 

 SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, HIERACIUM ALBIFLORUM, PTEROSPORA ANDROMEDEA, 

 PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, 

 VACCINIUM MEMBRANACEUM, VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA, 

 CAREX CONCINNOIDES. 



Land owner/manager: 



BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, DARBY RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



FOREST STILL INTACT, BUT NEW ROAD TRAVERSES SITE. 



Information source: 



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

 ^ HELENA, MT 59620. 



