HOWELLIA AQUATILIS 

 WATER HOWELLIA 



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Global rank: G2 

 State rank: S2 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDCAM0A010. 057 



Survey site name: LOST CREEK-CILLY CREEK PONDS 

 County: Lake 



USGS quadrangle: CILLY CREEK 



Township-range: 024N017W Section: 06 

 Township-range comments: NW4SW4SE4 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1989-07-07 



1989 



1989-07-07 



Elevation: 3190 

 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 

 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



SWAN VALLEY, CA. 4.5 AIR MILES SSE. OF SWAN LAKE (TOWN); 0.3 



AIR MILES EAST OF ST. HWY . 83; 0.68 AIR MILES SSW. OF 



CONFLUENCE OF NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS LOST CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



22 PLANTS COUNTED (1989); ALL INDIVIDUALS OCCUR NEAR NORTH 

 END OF POND; REMAINDER OF POND IS SUITABLE, BUT APPARENTLY 

 UNOCCUPIED, HABITAT; SURROUNDING FOREST CURRENTLY INTACT. 



General site description: 



GLACIAL POTHOLE POND, WITH BOTTOM SOIL OF CONSOLIDATED CLAY 

 MUCK; WITH EQUISETUM FLUVIATILE, SIUM SUAVE, CAREX 

 VESICARIA, ELEOCHARIS PALUSTRIS, GLYCERIA; POPULUS 

 TRICHOCARPA, POPULUS TREMULOIDES, AND PICEA ENGELMANNII IN 

 BORDERING FOREST. 



Land owner/manager: 



FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, SWAN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SIGHT RECORD, NO VOUCHER SPECIMEN COLLECTED. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS IN SWAN RIVER VALLEY, LAKE 

 AND MISSOULA COUNTIES, OF 5-7 AND 11-14 JULY. 



Element Occurrence Record - Flathead National Forest 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



