Element Occurrence Record 

 Allotropa virgata 



40 



occurrence number: 027 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Survey site name: BEAR CREEK OVERLOOK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: GASH POINT 



Township: 007N Range: 022W Section: 1 

 Township-range comments: SW4NE4 



SENSITIVE 



Precision 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991-08-29 Elevation: 6840 



1991 Slope/aspect: 40% / NORTHEAST 



1991-08-29 Size (acres) : 1 



Location : 



FROM VICTOR, TAKE COUNTY ROAD #42 NORTH AND WEST CA . 5 MILES TO FS RD 

 #739. FOLLOW SWITCHBACKS UP FOR CA . 6 MILES TO SILVERTHORN CREEK. SITE 

 k IS JUST NORTH OF ROAD END. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 5 PLANTS, EACH WITH 1-6 STEMS. 



General site description: 



ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM GLOBULARE HABITAT TYPE. 

 IN WELL-DRAINED GRANITIC SOILS, ON MODERATELY STEEP SLOPE, BENEATH 

 MATURE ABIES LASIOCARPA, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PINUS ALBICAULIS, 

 PICEA ENGELMANNII AND A FEW PINUS CONTORTA TREES. ASSOCIATED SPECIES 

 INCLUDE VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX , 

 CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, CHIMAPHILA MENZIESII, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA AND 

 GOODYERA OBLONGIFOLIA. 50% TREE COVER, 20-30% SHRUB COVER, 10% FORB 

 COVER, 5% MOSS/LICHEN COVER, AND LESS THAN 5% GRAMINOID AND 

 BARE-GROUND COVER. 



Land owner/manager: 



BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



ADDITIONAL SURVEYORS INCLUDE MIKE BARTON, JOHN BOYNE AND CRAIG 

 ODEGARD. DETAILED SURVEY NOT COMPLETE. 



Information source: 



JANET JOHNSON, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH THIRD STREET, 

 HAMILTON, MT 59840. 



