Element Occurrence Record 30 



Hovellia aquatilis 



Occurrence number: 008 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: CI 



Survey site name: LOST CREEK-CILLY CREEK PONDS 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: LARGE, VIGOROUS POPULATION; IN GOOD 



CONDITION HABITAT. 



County: LAKE 



USGS quadrangle: CILLY CREEK 



Township-range: 024N017W Section: 06 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: N2SE4 



Survey date: 1987-07-07 Elevation: 3190 

 First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1990-07-18 Size (acres) : 2 



Location: 



SWAN VALLEY, CA. 4.5 AIR MILES SSE. OF SWAN LAKE (TOWN); 0.5 AIR MILES 



fc EAST OF ST. HWY. 83; 0.5 AIR MILES SSE. OF CONFLUENCE OF NORTH AND 



~ SOUTH FORKS LOST CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



1990: 40+ PLANTS; 1989: 1000-1500 PLANTS; 1987: EST. 2000-3000 PLANTS, 

 IN A SINGLE POND; SURROUNDED BY A RELATIVELY UNDISTURBED FOREST, WHICH 

 WAS REPORTEDLY LIGHTLY SELECTIVELY LOGGED IN ABOUT 1910. 



General site description: 



THROUGHOUT A GLACIAL POTHOLE POND, BOTTOM SOIL OF CONSOLIDATED CLAY 

 MUCK; WITH SIUM SUAVE, RANUNCULUS AQUATILIS, GLYCERIA BOREALIS, CAREX 

 VESICARIA, POTAMOGETON, ELEOCHARIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, SWAN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (13 58) AND ANNE MORLEY, 1987, MONTU. pH=7.57. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L. A. 1990. MONITORING AND FIELD SURVEYS OF 10-13 AND 

 17-19 JULY (HOWELLIA AQUATILIS) . 



Montana Natural Heritage Progn 



