Element Occurrence Record 30 



Allotropa virgata 



Occurrence number: 017 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: SANDSTONE RIDGE 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: ADJACENT AREAS TO BE LOGGED IN 

 1991-1992. 



County: GRANITE 



USGS quadrangle: ALDER GULCH 



Township: 009N Range: 016W Section: 36 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE4 , 31SW4 ;T8NR15W: 6NW4 



Survey date: 1991-10-09 Elevation: 6640 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 0-30%/E, NE 



Last observation: 91-10-09 Size (acres) : 45 



Location: 



FROM PHILIPSBURG, TAKE HWY 348 WEST 11 MILES TO WILLOW CREEK TURN 

 fe NORTH ON FS RD # 88; AFTER 4 MILES, TAKE A LEFT ON MINERS CREEK RD ( FS 

 ™ RD# 5156), THEN RIGHT AFTER 1 MILE ONTO FS RD# 4325. TRAVEL CA . 6 



MILES NORTH AND TURN LEFT ON UNMARKED LOGGING RD . SITES ARE CA . 1.5 



MILES UP THIS ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 290 STEMS IN 4 MAIN SUBPOPULATIONS . 



General site description: 



OLDER LODGEPOLE PINE DOMINATED FORESTS ( ABILAS/XERTEN/VACSCO HABITAT 

 TYPE), WITH SPARSE UNDERSTORY. PINUS PONDEROSA (CA. 180 YEARS OLD). 

 ABIES LASIOCARPA (,20 YRS . OLD), PINUS ALBICAULIS, VACCINIUM 

 SCOPARIUM, MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX , CHIMAPHILA 

 UMBELLATA, GOODYERA OBLONGIFOLIA . 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, PHILIPSBURG RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



THREE OF THE SUBPOPULATIONS ARE IN TIMBER SALE UNITS, DEERLODGE 

 NATIONAL FOREST HAS BEEN INFORMED. 



Information source: 



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

 HELENA, MT 59601. 



