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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: PDCAM0A010.009 



Survey site name: LOST CREEK-CILLY CREEK PONDS 

 County : Lake 



USGS quadrangle: CILLY CREEK 



Township-range: 024N017W Section: 07 

 Township-range comments: NE4NE4NE4 



Survey date: 1987-07-01 Elevation: 3250 

 First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1989-07-12 Size (acres) : 3 



Location: 



SWAN VALLEY, 0.6 AIR MILES EAST OF ST. HWY . 83, 0.6 AIR 

 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH FORK LOST CREEK, CA. 5.0 AIR MILES SSE 

 OF SWAN LAKE (TOWN) . 



Element occurrence data: 



EST. 500-600 PLANTS (1987); 500-1000 PLANTS (1989); SPECIES 

 DOES NOT OCCUPY ALL OF THE AVAILABLE, SUITABLE HABITAT AT 

 THIS SITE; AREAS AROUND SOUTH AND EAST SIDES OF POND 

 CLEARCUT CA. 15 YEARS AGO. 



General site description: 



IN SHALLOW WATER OF A GLACIAL POND, ORGANIC CLAY BOTTOM; 

 WITH EQUISETUM FLUVIATILE, CAREX VESICARIA, SIUM SUAVE; 

 POPULUS TRICHOCARPA BORDERING POND. 



Land owner/manager: 



FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, SWAN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (13 57) AND ANNE MORLEY, 1987, MONTU. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1987. FIELD SURVEYS IN LAKE AND MISSOULA COS. 

 OF 23-26 & 30 JUNE, 1-17 & 28-30 JULY. 



Element Occurrence Record - Flathead National Forest 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



