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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: PDCAM0A010.014 



Survey site name: LOST CREEK-CILLY CREEK PONDS 

 County: Lake 



USGS quadrangle: CILLY CREEK 



Township-range: 024N017W Section: 08 

 Township-range comments: NW4SW4NW4 



Survey date: 1987-07-07 Elevation: 3245 

 First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1989-07-12 Size (acres) : 2 



Location: 



SWAN VALLEY, 0.68 AIR MILES EAST OF ST. HWY 83, 0.4 4 AIR 

 MILES NORTH OF CILLY CREEK, CA. 5.0 AIR MILES SSE OF SWAN 

 LAKE (TOWN) . 



Element occurrence data: 



EST. 300-400 PLANTS (1987); 500+ PLANTS (1989); LOGGING HAS 

 OCCURRED IN ADJACENT FORESTS. 



General site description: 



IN SHALLOW WATER OF A GLACIAL DEPRESSION; AROUND LOGS & IN 

 OPENINGS AMONG CAREX VESICARIA, WITH SIUM SUAVE, POTAMOGETON 

 SPP; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA, P. TREMULOIDES, BETULA PAPYRIFERA. 



Land owner/manager: 



FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, SWAN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SIGHT RECORD, NO VOUCHER SPECIMEN COLLECTED; SITE SURVEYED 

 WITH ANNE MORLEY (SWAN LAKE, MT) ; pH = 7.00. 



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 



