Element Occurrence Record 

 Allotropa virqata 



32 



rccurrence number: 019 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G4 

 SI 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



ROMBO CREEK 



SENSITIVE 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: PIQUETT CREEK 



PIQUETT MOUNTAIN 



Township: 001S Range: 021W Section: 17 Precision: 

 Township-range comments: SW4NW4 ,NW4SW4, 18N2NE4 , SE4NE4 , 7S2SE4 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991 

 1991-09-1! 



Elevation: 6440 

 Slope/aspect: 30% / NORTHWEST 

 Size (acres) : 150 



Location : 



BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS. TAKE THE WEST FORK BITTERROOT RIVER ROAD TO FS 

 ^ RD ^5715 (CA. 2 MILES SOUTH OF ROMBO CEMETERY) , AND TRAVEL ENE ON THIS 

 W ROAD FOR CA. 4 MILES; TURN RIGHT ON FS RD #5715A AND TRAVEL CA . 1.5 



MILES. SITE IS ABOVE AND BELOW ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



9/91: 187 CLUSTERS, 770 DEAD STEMS, 461 LIVE STEMS; 8/91 

 FLOWERING, 30% FRUITING. 



70% 



General site description: 



ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM GLOBULARE HABITAT TYPE. 

 PINUS CONTORTA (MAJOR TREE SPECIES), WITH PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PINUS 

 ALBICAULIS, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, CAREX GEYERI, 

 ARENARIA MACROPHYLLA, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS AND SPIRAEA SPP. 50% 

 TREE COVER, 60% SHRUB COVER, 20% FORB COVER, AND 10% MOSS/LICHEN 

 COVER; IN GRANITIC SOILS, IN PARTIAL SHADE. 



Land owner/manager: 



BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, WEST FORK RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SURVEY BY LINDA PIETARINEN AND ROBIN MATTHEWS. VOUCHER-PIETARINEN 

 (014) , 1991. 



Information source: 



SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH 

 THIRD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 5984 0. 



