MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CAREX PARRYANA SSP. IDAHOA 

 Common Name: IDAHO SEDGE 



Global rank: G2Q Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PMCYP036E0 . 005 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: MORRISON LAKE WETLANDS 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: PROBABLY A FAIRLY LARGE POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: MORRISON LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 014S 012W 23 NE4SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1990-07-30 Elevation: 8200 



First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 0-3% / LEVEL 



Last observation: 1990-07-30 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



TAKE DELL EXIT OFF 1-15 SOUTH OF DILLON. PROCEED SOUTH ON FRONTAGE 

 ROAD TO BIG SHEEP CREEK ROAD (#257), AND FOLLOW THIS ROAD CA. 30 MILES 

 TO MORRISON LAKE ROAD. PROCEED TO HEAD OF INDIAN CREEK; WETLANDS ARE 

 SOUTHEAST OF LAKE. 



Element occurrence data: 



51-100 PLANTS IN FRUIT; MAY BE MORE COMMON THAN SURVEY INDICATED. 



General site description: 



POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA/ JUNCUS BALTICUS COMMUNITY. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: 

 ASTER OCCIDENTALIS, THALICTRUM ALPINUM, MUHLENBERGIA RICHARDSONIS , 

 SENECIO FOETIDUS, CAREX SCIRPOIDEA, C. PRAEGRACILIS . 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



ROADS AND GRAZING IN AREA. COMPLETE PLANT SPECIES LIST AND MANAGEMENT 

 RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN A REPORT BY P. LESICA TO THE BEAVERHEAD 

 NATIONAL FOREST (1990), ON FILE AT MTNHP . 



Information source: LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (4979). 1990. MONTU. 



