Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico (Colorado 

 Natural Areas Program 1989, Great Plains Flora 

 Association 1986, Packer 1983, Szczawinski 1959). 

 It is also disjunct in the Black Hills of western 

 South Dakota (Great Plains Flora Association 

 1986) . 



2. CURRENT SITES: Although G. repens was previously 

 reported from Montana (Booth 1950, Luer 1975), the 

 first documented occurrence was in 1980 from Upper 

 Kintla Lake in Glacier National Park (occurrence 

 002) . A second site was located in 1987 in the 

 Little Belt Mountains (001) . Three additional 

 collections were made in 1989 from the Little Belt 

 and Snowy mountains of central Montana (003-005) . 

 Additional field survey in 1990 added 13 more 

 locations (006-018) in the Little Belt Mountains. 

 Currently, 18 occurrences are known in the state; 

 17 in central Montana and one from northwestern 

 Glacier National Park (Figure 1, p. 4) . Counties 

 of occurrence include Judith (14 locations), 

 Wheatland (2), Fergus (1), and Flathead (1). 



One site is in Glacier National Park and the other 

 seventeen are on lands managed by the U.S. Forest 

 Service, Lewis and Clark National Forest. Details 

 of occurrence locations are in Section IV, pp. 16- 

 47. 



Recent surveys or observations of Goodvera repens 

 include: 



Lisa Ann Schassberger - Montana Natural Heritage 

 Program: 6-10 August 1990. 



Dana Field - Lewis and Clark National Forest: Il- 

 ls & 18 & 20 September 1990. 



3. HISTORICAL SITES: None. 



4. UNVERIFIED/UNDOCUMENTED SITES: None. 



5. AREAS SURVEYED BUT SPECIES NOT LOCATED: Only a 

 few areas were surveyed by Heritage Program staff 

 during 1990 where G. repens did not occur. These 

 sites were north-facing slopes, with a more open 

 canopy, some at higher elevations. These areas 

 were dominated by species other than Pseudotsuga 

 menziesii (Douglas fir), usually Picea engelmannii 



(Engelmann spruce) , or Pinus contorta (lodgepole 

 pine) . 



