MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: THALICTRUM ALPINUM 

 Common Name: ALPINE MEADOWRUE 



Global rank; 

 State rank: 



G5 

 SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



SENSITIVE 



Element occurrence code: PDRANOMOIO . 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: MORRISON LAKE WETLANDS 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: FEW EXOTICS; REMOTE, HOWEVER AREA IS GRAZED AND 

 MORRISON LAKE IS A RECREATION AREA. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: MORRISON LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 014S 012W 23 NE4SW4, NE4SE4 



Precision: 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1990-07-30 Elevation: 8200 - 



1990 Slope/aspect: 0-3% / LEVEL 



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: 

 EXCELLENT OCCURRENCE, 

 FLOWERED. 



10,000+ PLANTS, IMMATURE FRUIT; MANY RAMETS HAD 



General site description: 



POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA/ JUNCUS BALTICUS COMMUNITY. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: 

 SALIX BRACHYCARPA, DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA, SENECIO FOETIDUS, POTENTILLA 

 SPP., TRIFOLIUM LONGIPES, DODECATHEON PULCHELLUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



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. (4975). 1990. MONTU. 



