Element Occurrence Record 34 



Allotropa virqata 



Occurrence number: 021 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: RAT CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ELK CREEK 



Township: 001S Range: 018W Section: 29 Precision: S 



Township-range comments: 



NE4,SE4,NW4NW4, 2 0SW4SE4 , 2 1SW4 , 2 8W2W2 , 3 3W2W2, 32NE4 . 



Survey date: Elevation: 7200 



First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 15% / SOUTHEAST 



Last observation: 1991-06-22 Size (acres) : 720 



Location: 



ANACONDA RANGE. TAKE HWY #4 3 WEST FROM WISDOM CA . 17 MILES TO TRAIL 

 CREEK ROAD; TURN NORTH FOR 5.8 MILES TO FS RD #12 69. FOLLOW THIS ROAD 



» UNTIL IT MEETS FS RD #1210, AND THEN UNTIL IT MEETS FS RD #1268. SITE 

 IS NORTH AND WEST OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991: CA. 200 LIVE STEMS AND 600 DEAD STEMS. 



General site description: 



ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM HABITAT TYPE; 

 WITH PINUS CONTORTA (DOMINANT TREE SPECIE, AGE CA. 190 YEARS) , PINUS 

 ALBICAULIS, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, RIBES 

 AMERICANUM, EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM, AND HIERACIUM ALBIFLORUM; OPEN TO 

 PARTIAL SHADE. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISDOM RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SURVEY BY QUINN CARVER, DIANE WILLIFORD AND HEATHER WAGNER. ECODATA 

 PLOT #'S 023I91Q002, 003 AND 004. 



Information source: 



SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, 610 NORTH 

 MONTANA STREET, DILLON, MT 59725. 



