Element Occurrence Record 28 



Allotropa virqata 



^currence number: 015 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: SLEEPING CHILD CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: BALD TOP MOUNTAIN 



Township: 004N Range: 019W Section: 29 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: NW4SW4, NW4SE4, SE4NE4 



Survey date: 1990-08-16 Elevation: 6000 

 First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 20-30% / N, NW, WNW 



Last observation: 1991-09-03 Size (acres) : 20 



Location: 



SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS; CA. 10 AIR MILES NORTHEAST OF DARBY. FROM BRIDGE 

 OVER SLEEPING CHILD CREEK GO CA. 12 MILES ON F.S. ROAD £273. TURN LEFT 

 ^ ONTO ROAD #1392 AND GO CA . 1 MILE TO 4TH MAJOR RIGHTHAND CURVE AROUND 

 P A LATERAL RIDGELINE. SITE IS ABOVE AND BELOW ROAD ON A NORTHWEST 

 EXPOSURE WITH FAIRLY OPEN CANOPY. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991: MAIN POPULATION ABOVE ROAD; 10 CLUSTERS WITH 43 STEMS (7 LIVE, 

 36 DEAD), BELOW ROAD 10 CLUSTERS WITH 41 STEMS (5 LIVE, 36 DEAD). 

 SEVERAL SITES WERE FLAGGED BUT NO PLANTS WERE LOCATED. 1990: 58+ 

 PLANTS (165 STEMS) IN THE MAIN POPULATION. SUBPOPULATION CA . 0.5 MILE 

 SOUTHWEST HAS 4 PLANTS (6 STEMS). SUBPOPULATION CA . 0.2 5 MILE EAST HAS 

 1 PLANT (2 FRESH STEMS, 4 DEAD) . 



General site description: 



ABIES LASIOCARPA HABITAT TYPE AND SERAL STAND OF PINUS CONTORTA . 

 ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PINUS CONTORTA, ABIES 

 LASIOCARPA, MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA, AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA, VACCINIUM 

 SCOPARIUM, VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, XEROPHYLLUM 

 TENAX, SEDUM LANCEOLATUM, ANTENNARIA RACEMOSA, CAREX CONCINNA, 

 PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, PEDICULARIS RACEMOSA, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, 

 CALAMAGROSTIS TWEEDYI, GOODYERA OBLONGIFOLIA, LONICERA UTAHENSIS, 

 CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, PYROLA ASARIFOLIA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, DARBY RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



•VOUCHER-KRATZ , ANDREW, (900816001), 1990, MRC AND MONTU . CALAMAGROSTIS 

 TWEEDYI CO-OCCURS ON SITE. 



Information source: 



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

 HELENA, MT 59620. 



