MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CAREX PARRYANA SSP. IDAHOA 

 Common Name: IDAHO SEDGE 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G2Q 

 S2 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type: 



PMCYP036E0.009 



Survey site name: MEADOW CREEK 



EO rank: D-B 

 EO rank comments: WESTERN SUBPOPULATION IS SMALL AND HEAVILY-GRAZED; 



EASTERN SUBPOPULATION IS RELATIVELY LARGE WITH 



SOME GRAZING. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CABOOSE CANYON 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 015S OlOW 08 NW4 ; 9 W2 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-07-10 



First observation: 1993-07-10 



Last observation: 1993-07-10 



Elevation: 6840 - 6880 

 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 

 Size (acres) : 12 



Location: 



FROM DELL, TAKE BIG SHEEP CREEK ROAD TO MEADOW CREEK ROAD, THEN TAKE 

 MEADOW CREEK ROAD 1 MILE WEST (WESTERN SUBPOPULATION) . EASTERN 

 SUBPOPULATION IS LOCATED NEAR CROSSING OF DEADMAN ROAD AND NICHOLIA 

 CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



2 SUBPOPULATIONS. WESTERN: 

 PLANTS, IMMATURE FRUIT. 



50 PLANTS, IMMATURE FRUIT. EASTERN: 200-500 



General site description: 



OPEN, MOIST FLOODPLAIN BOTTOM, CALCAREOUS PARENT MATERIAL, SILTY SOIL. 

 ASSOCIATED SPECIES: JUNCUS BALTICUS, CAREX PRAEGRACILIS , DESCHAMPSIA 

 CESPITOSA, ASTER OCCIDENTALIS , POTENTILLA GRACILIS, CREPIS RUNCINATA. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



Information source 



LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



