MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: GENTIANA AQUATICA 

 Common Name: WET MEADOW GENTIAN 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2S3 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDGEH06050 . 012 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LIMEKILN HILL 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments : 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: PIPESTONE PASS 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 

 001N007W 27 SE4SW4 



Survey date: Elevation: 6920 - 7000 



First observation: 1992-06-29 Slope/aspect: 2% / SOUTH 

 Last observation: 1992-06-29 Size (acres) : 5 



location: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE. FROM FISH CREEK ROAD (FS RD 668), 



TAKE ROAD TO LIME KILN HILL ( FS RD 8492) FOR CA . 100 YARDS. SITE IS 



ALONG SMALL SIDE CREEK JUST 100 YARDS UP ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



1000+ INDIVIDUALS, FLOWERING AND FRUITING. EVIDENCE OF SEED DISPERSAL. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON STRAIGHT BOTTOM SLOPE. MOIST AREA, SILTY SOIL, 

 CALCAREOUS ALLUVIUM PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED DOMINANT SPECIES: 

 POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, JUNCUS BALTICUS, POA PRATENSIS, DESCHAMPSIA 

 CESPITOSA. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED PLANT SPECIES: ANTENNARIA CORYMBOSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



LIVESTOCK GRAZING. ANNUAL SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE FLUCTUATES. 



Information source: 



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

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 



^ LESICA, P. (5747). 1992. MONTU. 



