Element Occurrence Record 37 



Allotropa virgata 



Occurrence number: 024 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: SAINT MARY PEAK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: SAINT MARY PEAK 



Township: 010N Range: 020W Section: 19 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: NW4SW4 ;T9NR21W: 24NE4SE4 . 



Survey date: Elevation: 6480 



First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 30% / SSE 



Last observation: 1991-08-22 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS. FROM FLORENCE, TAKE HWY 9 3 SOUTH 4 MILES TO 

 COUNTY ROAD #22. GO WEST CA. 2 MILES, THEN TAKE FS RD #1136; TURN 

 fe NORTH ON FS RD #62007 FOR CA . 1 MILE, SITE IS ABOVE ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991: 8 CLUSTERS, 29 DEAD STEMS, 16 LIVE STEMS; 100% IN FRUIT; SOME 

 PREDATION. 



General site description: 



ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM GLOBULARE HABITAT TYPE; 

 WITH PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII (DOMINANT TREE SPECIE) , PINUS CONTORTA, 

 PINUS ALBICAULIS, SPIRAEA SPP., HEDYSARUM OCCIDENTALE, ARNICA 

 CORDIFOLIA, PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS ; 30% TREE 

 AND SHRUB COVER, 10% FORB COVER; IN PARTIAL SHADE. 



Land owner/manager: 



BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SURVEYED BY LINDA PIETARINEN AND ROBIN MATTHEWS, STEVENSVILLE RANGER 

 DISTRICT, ECODATA PLOT #031C91P005. 



Information source: 



SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH 

 THIRD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 59840. 



