MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CAREX VALLICOLA 

 Common Name: A SEDGE 



lobal rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PMCYP03EA0 . 007 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LIMEKILN HILL 



EO rank: 

 SO rank comments: 



County: SILVER BOW 



JSGS quadrangle: PIPESTONE PASS 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 

 001N007W 22 E2E2 



Survey date: 1992-06-29 Elevation: 7600 - 7650 

 First observation: 1992-06-29 Slope/aspect: 10% / EAST 

 Last observation: 1992-06-29 Size (acres) : 2 



,™cation: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE; CA. 0.2 5 MILE DUE EAST OF LIMEKILN 

 SPRING, FROM FISH CREEK TAKE FS RD 8492 TO LIMEKILN HILL. GO NORTH TO 

 THE SADDLE. SITE IS CA . 0.1 MILE NORTH. 



Element occurrence data: 



100-1000 INDIVIDUALS, IN FRUIT. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON CONVEX UPPER SLOPE. MOIST AREA ON RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN 

 SLOPE, SILTY SOIL, CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENT PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED 

 DOMINANT SPECIES: FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, LUPINUS SERICEUS . ADDITIONAL 

 ASSOCIATED PLANT SPECIES: CAREX HOODII, CAREX PETASATA, STIPA 

 OCCIDENTALIS, ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM. 



.and owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON RAl^IGER DISTRICT 

 DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, BUTTE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



ROAD RUNS THROUGH POPULATION. 



InforTnation source: 



LESICA, P. DIVISION OF BIOIXIGICAL SCIENCES, UNIV. OF MONTANA, 

 MISSOULA, MT 59 812. 



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pecimens : 



LESICA, P. (5743). 1992. MONTU. 



