SUMMARY 



Goodvera repens is an orchid with a circumb'oreal 

 distribution in North America and Eurasia. In the Rocky 

 Mountains, the distribution extends south continuously from 

 the boreal forest to central Alberta and British Columbia, 

 and then is disjunct in Montana, Colorado, Arizona, and New 

 Mexico. In Montana, eighteen locations are currently known; 

 one in northwest Glacier National Park and eighteen in 

 central Montana in the Little Belt and Big Snowy Mountains 

 on Lewis and Clark National Forest lands. Goodyera repens 

 is a sensitive species in Region 1 of the U.S. Forest 

 Service and is classified as an S2 species in Montana by the 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program. 



Goodyera repens typically occurs in old Douglas fir forests 

 on cool, northerly aspects, with a well developed moss 

 layer. Populations seem restricted to this specialized 

 habitat, and are usually sparsely distributed in it. Due to 

 its habitat specialization and obligate relationship with 

 certain soil fungi, Goodyera repens is probably intolerant 

 of habitat disturbance such as timber harvest activities or 

 fire. Management planning should take all Montana sites 

 into consideration in order to maintain viable populations 

 on U.S. Forest Service Region 1 lands. Field surveys should 

 be continued in areas of suitable habitat for new 

 populations, and in remnant stands that escaped burning in 

 the Sage Creek drainage. Monitoring of existing populations 

 should be continued and expanded. 



