MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



'Scientific Name: BOTRYCHIUM PARADOXUM 

 Common Name: PECULIAR MOONWORT 



Global rank: Gl 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



SENSITIVE 

 C2 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type: 



PPOPH010J0.005 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments : 



County: GRANITE 

 USGS quadrangle: 



CUB RIDGE 



A 



MAY BE LARGEST POPULATION KNOWN GLOBALLY, 



OUTSTANDING PRISTINE GRASSLAND. 



STORM LAKE 

 GEORGETOWN LAKE 



Township: 

 04N 



Range: 

 014W 



Section: 

 03 



TRS comments: 

 W2; 04 E2 



Precision: 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



i Last observation: 



1993-08-03 

 1993-08-02 

 1993-08-03 



Elevation: 7360 - 7480 

 Slope/aspect: 20% / NW-SE, MOSTLY E 

 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



CA. 12 MILES WEST OF ANACONDA ON STATE HWY 1, TURN SOUTH ON STORM LAKE 

 ROAD (FS RD 893). KEEP ON ROAD PAST STORM LAKE TURNOFF CA. 5 MILES; 

 MEADOWS ARE VISIBLE FROM ROAD ABOVE TIMBER. 



Element occurrence data: 



1000+ ESTIMATED, 100% WITH SPORES, SOME DEHISCENT. 



General site description: 



FESTUCA SCABRELLA GRASSLAND, MESIC MIDSLOPE, LOAM SOIL WITH ORGANIC 

 LAYER. ADDITIONAL SPECIES: FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, CAREX SP., FRAGARIA 

 VIRGINIANA, POTENTILLA GRACILIS, GEUM TRIFLORUM, ARENARIA CONGESTA, 

 PENSTEMON PROCERA, DANTHONIA UNISPICATA, GENTIANELLA AMARELLA, 

 GENTIANA CALYCOSA, BOTRYCHIUM LUNARIA, BOTRYCHIUM SPP., CAREX 

 FILIFOLIA. 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, PHILIPSBURG RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



SURVEYED BY J. VANDERHORST, S. SHELLY AND J. JOY. ESTIMATE OF NUMBERS 

 DIFFICULT; SPECIES REQUIRES VERY DELIBERATE SEARCHING. 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. 1993. [MTNHP FIELD SURVEYS FOR 

 " BOTRYCHIUM PARADOXUM ON THE DEERLODGE NATIONAL 



FOREST. ] 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5077) . 1993 



