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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. 017 



Survey site name: LOST CREEK-CILLY CREEK PONDS 

 County: Lake 



USGS quadrangle: CILLY CREEK 



Township-range: 024N017W Section: 08 

 Township-range comments: SW4SW4NW4 



Survey date: 1987-07-07 Elevation: 3245 

 First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



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



Location: 



SWAN VALLEY, 0.71 AIR MILES EAST OF ST. HWY 83, 0.2 5 AIR 

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

 LAKE (TOWN) . 



Element occurrence data: 



EST. 10-12 PLANTS (1987); 10-20 PLANTS (1989); ADJACENT TO 

 LOGGING ROAD; THIS DEPRESSION WAS MUCH DRYER THAN THE 

 OTHERS, HOWELLIA AQUATILIS PRESENT IN A FEW PUDDLES; HABITAT 

 MAY BE MORE ADVANCED SUCCESSIONALLY THAN NEARBY PONDS. 



General site description: 



IN SHALLOW WATER OF A GLACIAL DEPRESSION; WITH CAREX VESI- 

 CARIA, SIUM SUAVE, POTAMOGETON, CAREX ROSTRATA, POTENTILLA 

 PALUSTRIS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES AROUND POND. 



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) . 



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 



