20 

 Occurrence number: 004 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Survey site name: LOST FORK JUDITH RIVER 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: ETTIEN SPRING 



Township-range: 012N010E Section: 14 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE4 , 13SW4NW4 , 23N2NE4 



Survey date: 1989-08-03 Elevation: 5800 

 First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: 15-35% / N,NW 



Last observation: 1989-08-03 Size (acres) : 30 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, LOST FORK JUDITH RIVER, CA. 12 MILES 

 SOUTHWEST OF SAPPHIRE VILLAGE. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 125+ PLANTS IN 7 SUBPOPULATIONS ; FLOWERING (3 AUG 

 1989). PLANTS OFTEN IN CLUSTERS OF 3 TO 6 INDIVIDUALS. 



General site description: 



PLANTS FOUND ON WELL-DRAINED MID-SLOPES AND RIDGES, WITH 

 FILTERED LIGHT IN OLDER DOUGLAS-FIR FOREST. DOUGLAS-FIR AGE 

 CA. 200 YRS; LODGEPOLE PINE AGE CA. 180 YRS . ASSOCIATED 

 VEGETATION INCLUDES PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PINUS CONTORTA, 

 PINUS ALBICAULIS, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS , ASTRAGALUS MISER, 

 SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS, AND ARCTOSTAPHYLOS 

 UVA-URSI. PLANTS OFTEN OCCUR WITH PELTIGERA APHTHOSA 

 (LICHEN) . 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SEE ORIGINAL ECODATA AND HERITAGE SURVEY FORMS (ON FILE AT 

 MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM) FOR ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED 

 SPECIES. ALSO SURVEYED BY DANA FIELD. 



Information source: 



PHILLIPS, H.W. LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, P.O. BOX 

 871, GREAT FALLS, MT. (S.N.) MRC. 



