MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 



Element Occurrence Record 



Allotropa virgata 



Occurrence 



001 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



HELM CREEK 



B 



MODERATELY LARGE POPULATION WITH MORE 



THAN A THIRD OF THE STEMS LIVE; ADJACENT 



TO CLEARCUT WHICH MAY AFFECT THE PLANTS 



IN THE FUTURE, BUT PROTECTS IT FROM 



FURTHER CUTTING, 



County: GRANITE 



USGS quadrangle: MAUKEY GULCH 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



005N 016W 21 NE4 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1992-07-18 Elevation: 6640 -6800 

 1976 Slope/aspect: 30% / EAST 



1992-07-18 Size (acres) : 20 



Location: 



EAST FLANK OF SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS, ON THE EAST SLOPE OF AND 1.8 AIR 



•MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT EMERINE PEAK. FROM THE JUNCTION OF FS RDs 

 ?I5060 AND 5070, GO NORTH CA. 3 MILES. SITE IS ON WEST SIDE OF ROAD, 

 ABOVE CLEARCUT. 



Element occurrence data: 



1992: 83 PLANTS TOTAL: 11 WITH LIVE AND DEAD STEMS; 33 WITH LIVE STEMS 

 ONLY; AND 39 WITH DEAD STEMS ONLY (274 TOTAL STEMS, 99 LIVE AND 175 

 DEAD) . 90% IN FLOWER, 5% IN FRUIT, 5% IN BUD. 4 DEAD STEMS HAD BEEN 

 GRAZED. 1976: SINGLE PLANT. 



General site description: 



OPEN PINUS PONDEROSA-VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM COMMUNITY, CA. 25% BARE 

 GROUND; SILTY, GRAVELLY, GRANITE-DERIVED SOIL, WITH XEROPHYLLUM TENAX, 

 CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, HYPOPITHYS MONOTROPA. 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, PHILIPSBURG RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



Information source: 



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

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



