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 . 005 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: KELMBECK CREEK 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: KIDD 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 0123 OlOW 20 N2 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1994-07-29 Elevation: 7080 - 7240 



First observation: 1994-07-29 Slope/aspect: 0-5% / NE 



Last observation: 1994-07-29 Size (acres): 10 



Location: 



TAKE KIDD EXIT OFF 1-15/91. TRAVEL WEST ON GRAVEL ROAD UP KELMBECK 

 CANYON. POPULATION IS IN WOODED CANYON BOTTOM, CA. 1.5 MILES PAST USFS 

 BOUNDARY . 



Element occurrence data: 



200-500 INDIVIDUALS, 50% VEGETATIVE, 50% MATURE FRUIT. PLANTS PAST 

 FLOWERING BUT SOME OLD FLOWERS FOUND WITH RED SEPALS AND PETAL SPURS. 



General site description: 



SHADED, DRY (WITH SEASONAL RUNOFF) CANYON BOTTOM. HIGH ORGANIC 

 MATERIAL LOAM SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, POPULUS 

 TREMULOIDES, SHEPERDIA CANADENSIS, PHYSOCARPUS MALVACEUS, ARNICA 

 CORDIFOLIA, ORTHILLA SECUNDA, PYROLA CHLORANTHA, ASTRAGALUS MISER, 

 SENECIO STREPTANTHIFOLIUS, SYMPHORICARPOS OREOPHILLUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



PAST WINTER LOGGING NOTED. PLANTS PAST FLOWERING, BUT SOME OLD FLOWERS 

 HAD RED SEPALS AND PETAL SPURS. 



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

 OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: 



48 



