Deerlodge National Forest 



Includes the Alder/Niles and Willow Creek timber sales, 

 West Fork Rock Creek, Black Pine Ridge and the East 

 Fork Reservoir areas. 



T08N 

 T08N 

 T08N 



T08N 

 T08N 

 T08N 

 T05N 

 T05N 

 T05N 



R15W S 



R15W S 



R16W S 



SEhSWh 



R16W S 



R15W 



R15W 



R17W 



R17W 



R17W 



ECTION 18 



ECTION 19 



ECTION 13 



ECTION 24 



ECTION 1 



ECTION 25 



ECTION 8 



ECTION 7 



ECTION 35 



T04N R14W SECTION 17 

 T04N R14W SECTION 8 



SW^NW^, SE^SW^ , NE^SW^, SE^SEH 



NE^NE^ 



NE^NE^, NW^NE^, NE^NWJj, SW^SE^, 



NE^, NW^SE^, 



NW^NE^ 



NE^SE^, NW^SW^ 



SW^ 



NE^SE^, SW^SE^ 



SE^NE^ 



NW^NE^ 

 SW^SE^i 



HABITAT 



DESCRIPTION: In Montana, Allotropa 

 occur most often in Abies lasiocar 



or Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scop 

 The dominant canopy tree is usuall 

 with Pseudotsuga menziesii often c 

 cover is commonly 40-50%. The cove 

 is usually low and plants are ofte 

 seedling stage. Stand age is 120-3 

 average of about 200 years. Unders 

 at these sites is generally sparse 

 typically 30% and herbaceous cover 

 generally occur on moderate slopes 

 aspects, although southerly aspect 

 Many sites have been lightly burne 

 fire scars on canopy trees. 



virqata populations 

 pa/Xerophyllum tenax 

 arium habitat types, 

 y Pinus contorta 

 o-dominant; Tree 

 r of Abies lasiocarpa 

 n at the sapling or 

 30 years with an 

 tory vegetation cover 

 with shrub cover 

 10-15%. Populations 

 of 15-25% and on all 

 s are most common. 

 d as evidenced by 



ASSOCIATED SPECIES: The following plant species are 

 commonly associated with Allotropa virqata : 



Abies lasiocarpa (subalpine fir) 

 Pinus albicaulis (whitebark pine) 

 Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine) 

 Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) 

 Amelanchier alnifolia (western serviceberry) 

 Arctostaphylos uva - ursi (kinnikinnick) 

 Arenaria macrophylla (bigleaf sandwort) 

 Arenaria rubella (reddish sandwort) 

 Arnica cordifolia (heart-leaf arnica) 



