Element Occurrence Record 

 Allotropa virgata 



33 



Occurrence number: 020 



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SENSITIVE 



ELK CREEK 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS_ quadrangle: ELK CREEK 



Township: 002S Range: 018W Section: 3 

 Township-range comments: N2 , W2 , 4E2 , 34S2 



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Elevation: 6900 

 1991 Slope/aspect: 34% / SOUTHWEST 



1991-06-20 Size (acres) : 316 



Location : 



ANACONDA RANGE. TAKE HWY #43 WEST FROM WISDOM CA . 17 MILES TO TRAIL 

 CREEK ROAD; TURN NORTH AND TRAVEL CA . 1.75 MILES TO ELK CREEK. SITE IS 

 fe CA. 1 MILE UP ELK CREEK ( FS RD #1297) , NORTH AND EAST OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991: 150 LIVE STEMS, 500 DEAD STEMS; 30% FLOWERING, 70% VEGETATIVE; 

 SOME BROWSING. 



General site description: 



PINUS CONTORTA/VACCINIUM CESPITOSUM HABITAT TYPE; WITH PINUS 

 ALBICAULIS, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, CAREX 

 GEYERI, CAREX CONCINNOIDES , FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, EPILOBIUM 

 ANGUSTIFOLIUM, FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA, PHLOX LONGIFOLIA AND ARENARIA 

 RUBELLA; 30% TREE COVER, 20% SHRUB COVER, 30% BARE GROUND, AND 10% 

 EACH GRAMINOID AND FORB COVER; IN COLLUVIAL SOILS, AND IN PARTIAL 

 SHADE. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISDOM RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



ECODATA PLOT #023I91Q006. ADDITIONAL SURVEYORS INCLUDE JEFF JONES, 

 QUINN CARVER, AND DIANE WILLIFORD, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J. STEPHEN, 

 59807. 



USFS REGION 1, RAWE, P.O. BOX 7669, MISSOULA, MT 



