Selected sites were surveyed during 13, 15-18 July 1992 on the 

 Deerlodge National Forest, and 11-13, 31 August - 2 September 

 1992 on the Beaverhead National Forest. Random meander through 

 such sites was used to reach areas of high quality habitat more 

 rapidly. When Allotropa virqata was located, the area was 

 searched until no more individuals were located, or the time 

 constraints prevented further survey. 



For all Allotropa virqata populations, an exact tally of number 

 of stems, both live and dead, as well as estimated number of 

 plants, was obtained. For the purposes of the survey, a "plant" 

 was considered to be any cluster of one or more live and/or dead 

 stems within at least one foot of each other. For each plant, 

 numbers of live and/or dead stems were recorded with the 

 exception of the first population encountered on the Deerlodge 

 National Forest before the methodology had solidified. 



RESULTS 



Four new sites for Allotropa virqata were discovered on the 

 Beaverhead National Forest, and two populations not seen since 

 1976 were relocated on the Deerlodge National Forest (see 

 Appendix for detailed population information, maps, and 

 photographs) . This brings total number of sites on the 

 Beaverhead National Forest to eight (this does not include 

 Carver's 1992 data), while the total on the Deerlodge National 

 Forest remains at three. A total of 184 plants with 632 stems 

 (299 live and 333 dead) were observed on the Beaverhead National 

 Forest during this study. The following table provides a more 

 detailed explanation. For site specific data, refer to Appendix 

 1. 



The two relocated populations on the Deerlodge National Forest 

 had a total of 176 plants with 560 stems (200 live and 360 dead) 

 Of these 176 plants, 65 had only live stems, 93 had only dead 

 stems, and 18 had both live and dead stems on the same plant. 

 For the first population surveyed on the Deerlodge National 

 Forest, a count was not made of number and type of stems per 



