Element Occurrence Record 39 



Allotropa virgata 



Occurrence number: 026 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: TOLAN CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County : RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: SCHULTZ SADDLE 



Township: 001N Range: 018W Section: 27 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SW4NW4 , 28SE4NE4 . 



Survey date: Elevation: 6400 



First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 35% / NNW 



Last observation: 1991-08-21 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



ANACONDA RANGE, TOLAN CREEK. FROM SULA, TRAVEL 6 MILES EAST ON STATE 

 HWY 3472, THEN SOUTH ON MINK CREEK (FS RD 35753) CA . 8.5 MILES, AND 

 | FINALLY SOUTH ON FS RD 3574 CA. 3 MILES. SITE IS ABOVE ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991: 27 CLUMPS, 104 DEAD STEMS, 17 LIVE (IN FRUIT). EVIDENCE OF 

 BROWSING. 



General site description: 



ABIES LASIOCARPA/VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM/CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS HABITAT 

 TYPE; IN PARTIAL SHADE, WITH MATURE PINUS CONTORTA, LONICERA 

 UTAHENSIS, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX AND CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA; 4 0% TREE COVER, 

 70% SHRUB COVER, 10% EACH FORB AND GRASS COVER; GRANITIC PARENT 

 MATERIAL; LOTS OF DOWNFALL PRESENT. 



Land owner/manager: 



BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, SULA RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SURVEYED BY LINDA PIETARINEN AND ROBIN MATTHEWS, BITTERROOT NATIONAL 

 FOREST. ECODATA PLOT #033091P004. 



Information source: 



SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH 

 THIRD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 59840. 



