17 

 Occurrence number: 001 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Survey site name: SANDPOINT CREEK 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION, IN REMOTE UNDISTURBED 



AREA. 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: ETTIEN SPRING 



Township-range: 012N010E Section: 10 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE4 



Survey date: 1987-08-03 Elevation: 6100 

 First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1989-08-03 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, SANDPOINT CREEK DRAINAGE, CA. 1.6 

 MILES WNW OF CONFLUENCE WITH LOST FORK JUDITH RIVER. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 2 00 PLANTS OBSERVED IN A 4 00 SQUARE-METER AREA; ADJACENT 

 AREAS BURNED IN 1985. 198 PLANTS IN 1988 (IN PLOT AREA). 53 

 FLOWERING STEMS 3 AUGUST 1989 (IN PLOT) . 



General site description: 



NORTH-FACING SLOPE, LIMESTONE SUBSTRATE; GROWING IN THICK 

 MATS OF MOSS, WITH ABIES LASIOCARPA, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, 

 PINUS CONTORTA, PICEA ENGELMANNII, LINNAEA BOREALIS, PYROLA 

 SECUNDA. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-H. WAYNE PHILLIPS (870803-34), 1987, MRC. DANA FIELD 

 HAS MADE OBSERVATIONS AT THIS SITE. 



Information source: 



PHILLIPS, H. W. U.S. FOREST SERVICE, LEWIS & CLARK N.F., 

 P.O. BOX 871, GREAT FALLS, MT 59403. 



