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HOWELLIA AQUATILIS 

 WATER HOWELLIA 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDCAM0A010. 006 



Survey site name: CONDON CREEK 

 County: Missoula 



USGS quadrangle: CONDON 



Township-range: 021N016W Section: 18 

 Township-range comments: NE4NW4SW4 



Survey date: 1986-07-14 Elevation: 3740 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1989-07-14 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



SWAN VALLEY, WEST BASE OF SWAN RANGE UPLIFT, 3.5 AIR MILES 

 NORTH OF CONDON, 2.1 AIR MILES EAST OF ST. HWY . 83, 0.1 AIR 

 MILES SOUTH OF CONDON CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



EST. 1000-2000 PLANTS (1987 AND 1989) ; MANY PLANTS DISTURBED 

 BY MOOSE AND/OR WATERFOWL ACTIVITY; AREA IS ACTIVELY 

 THREATENED BY LOGGING ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND TIMBER 

 HARVESTING. 



General site description: 



VERNAL POND, IN PINUS PONDEROSA/LARIX OCCIDENTALIS FOREST; 

 WITH SIUM SUAVE, CAREX VESICARIA, RANUNCULUS AQUATILIS, 

 VERONICA CATENATA, CALLITRICHE HETEROPHYLLA. 



Land owner/manager: 



FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, SWAN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



VOUCHER-LESICA, P. (3965), 1986, SPECIMEN #104450 (MONTU) . 



Information source: 



LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY 

 OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Element Occurrence Record - Flathead National Forest 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



