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: 



PPOPH010J0.006 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



ONE HUNDRED ACRE MEADOW 



BC 



MARGINAL POPULATION AND HABITAT. 



County: GRANITE 



USGS quadrangle: STORM LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



004N 014W 14 SW4 



Precision: 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1993-08-04 

 1993-08-04 

 1993-08-04 



Elevation: 8200 - 8400 

 Slope/aspect: 0-20% / WEST, EAST 

 Size (acres) : 



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ocation: 



CA. 12 MILES WEST OF ANACONDA ON STATE HWY 1, TRAVEL SOUTH ON FS RD 

 893 PAST TURNOFF TO STORM LAKE TO FS RD 8 683. GO SOUTH TO GATE AND 

 FOLLOW TRAIL CA. 3 MILES TO ONE HUNDRED ACRE MEADOW. 



Element occurrence data: 



ESTIMATED 100+ INDIVIDUALS IN 5 SUBPOPULATIONS , PLANTS SMALLL AND 

 WIDELY SCATTERED. IMMATURE SPORE STAGE. 



General site description: 



FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS GRASSLAND, MESIC MIDSLOPE, LOAM SOIL, WITH FESTUCA 

 SCABRELLA, LUPINUS WYETHII, POTENTILLA DIVERSIFOLIA, PHLEUM ALPINUM, 

 KOELERIA CRISTATA, FRASERA SPECIOSA, POLYGONUM BISTORTOIDES, 

 BOTRYCHIUM LUNARIA, CERASTIUM ARVENSE, SOLIDAGO SP., SEDUM 

 LANCEOLATUM. 



Land owner /manager : 



ANACONDA-PINTLER WILDERNESS 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, PHILIPSBURG RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



MARGINAL POPULATION AND HABITAT SEEMS DUE TO EDAPHIC AND BIOLOGICAL 

 FACTORS OTHER THAN DIRECT HUMAN DISTURBANCE. POPULATIONS SHOULD BE 

 VISITED LATER IN SEASON TO DETERMINE IF PHENOLOGY IS A FACTOR IN LOW 

 NUMBERS FOUND. 



Information source: 



VANDERHORST, J. 1993. [MTNHP FIELD SURVEYS FOR 

 BOTRYCHIUM PARADOXUM ON THE DEERLODGE NATIONAL 

 FOREST. ] 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5081) . 1993 



