MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: AQUILEGIA FORMOSA 

 Common Name: SITKA COLUMBINE 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDRAN050B0. 004 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: TIMBER BUTTE 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: DIXON MOUNTAIN 

 KIDD 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 012S OlOW 33 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1994-07-06 Elevation: 7850 - 8400 



First observation: 1994-07-06 Slope/aspect: 0-10% / NORTH 



Last observation: 1994-07-06 Size (acres): 20 



Location: 



TAKE KIDD EXIT OFF 1-15/91. TRAVEL SOUTHWEST ON MAIN GRAVEL ROAD TO 

 ITS END AT MCKNIGHT CANYON. PLANTS ARE IN UNNAMED DRAW ON NORTH SIDE 

 OF TIMBER BUTTE. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 200-500 PLANTS. 20% FLOWERING, 80% VEGETATIVE. YELLOW COLUMBINES 

 ALSO PRESENT BUT NOT AS COMMON; MIXED OR HYBRID POPULATION. 



General site description: 



BOTTOM OF DRAW; SHADED. RECEIVES SEASONAL RUN-OFF FLOW. PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII HABITAT TYPE, WITH VALERIANA DIOICA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



OBSERVED BY J. VANDERHORST. PAST LOGGING PROBABLY CAUSED MINIMAL 

 SURFACE DISTURBANCE; LOGS PROBABLY TAKEN OUT OVER SNOW. 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. [BOTANIST]. 1515 LAKE STREET, 

 OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5215). 1994. MONT. 



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