of all species records in the Big Belt and Elkhorn Mountains is 

 presented in Figure 3 . 



Table 1. Montana plant species of special concern documented in 

 Helena National Forest - Big Belt and Elkhorn Mountains 



The raw data on all ten species is presented in Appendix 5, An 

 expanded body of information has been compiled and assembled on 

 the six documented species for use in the Helena National Forest 

 sensitive species program (this section) . 



Four species known from the Big Belt Mountains were not 

 relocated. Two of these species, Carex vallicola and Potentilla 

 diversifolia var. multisecta should continue to be sought (see 

 Appendix 5 for element occurrence records and maps with general 

 locations for these species) . The third species, Claytonia 

 lanceolata var. f lava , is recommended dropped from the regional 

 U.S. Forest Service list based on its statewide numbers. The 

 fourth species, Arenaria kingii , is known from a single specimen 

 in the Big Belt Mountains which is possibly misidentif ied and 

 warrants re-annotation. The reasons for questioning the 

 identification of the specimen include the sepal shape (very 



