MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 



Element Occurrence Record 



Allotropa virgata 



Occurrence # 029 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



GORY CREEK 



C 



SMALL POPULATION ABOVE THINNED PINUS 



PONDEROSA STAND, SURROUNDED BY 



CLEARCUTS . 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ISAAC MEADOWS 



TRS comments: 

 SE4SE4, 16NW4SE4SE4 



Elevation: 6800 -6900 

 Slope/aspect: 30% / SOUTHEAST 

 Size (acres) : 10 



Location : 



BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS, NORTH OF ISAAC MEADOWS, WEST OF RUBY CREEK AND 

 SOUTH OF GORY CREEK, CA . 2.1 AIR MILES NORTHWEST OF 1120 RANCH. FROM 

 FS RD ?J9451 BELOW GORY CREEK, HEAD THROUGH THINNED PINUS PONDEROSA 

 ^ STAND NORTHWEST UP SLOPE. 



Element occurrence data: 



34 PLANTS (15 LIVE PLANTS WITH 34 STEMS, 13 DEAD PLANTS WITH 2 3 STEMS 

 AND 6 PLANTS WITH 21 LIVE AND 13 DEAD STEMS) ; 91 TOTAL STEMS (55 LIVE 

 AND 36 DEAD) , ALL IN FRUIT. 1 LIVE STEM GRAZED. 



General site description: 



PINUS PONDEROSA-VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM ASSOCIATION; DRY, GRAVELLY, SILTY 

 SANDY SLOPES, OPEN TO FAIRLY DENSE CANOPY, LITTLE BARE GROUND. SOME 

 DOWNED TREES AND EVIDENCE OF PAST FIRE, WITH CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, 

 LUPINUS SERICEUS, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, PTEROSPORA ANDROMEDA, ALNUS 

 VIRIDIS, HYPOPITYS MONOTROPA, CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, HIERACIUM 

 ALBIFLORUM, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM, PYROLA 

 ASARIFOLIA, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISDOM RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



Information source: 



POOLE, J. M. 1992. [FIELD SURVEYS TO SAPPHIRE AND ANACONDA RANGES, 

 DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, OF JULY 13, 15-18.] 



