22 

 Occurrence number: 006 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Survey site name: HAY COULEE 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: THREATENED BY FUTURE LOGGING ACTIVITIES. 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: WOODHURST MOUNTAIN 



Township-range: 014N011E Section: 21 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SW4SE4, NW4SE4, SE4SW4, 28NW4, 29N2SE4 



Survey date: 1990-08-07 Elevation: 6000 

 First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 13-35% / NNW 



Last observation: 1990-08-07 Size (acres) : 250 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS; HAY COULEE, CA. 11 MILES WEST OF 

 UTICA, SOUTH OF SAGE CREEK ROAD (F.S. #265). 



Element occurrence data: 



PLANTS WERE DRYING FROM THE BOTTOM AS THEY FLOWERED (7 

 AUGUST 1990) . INDIVIDUALS SPARSELY DISPERSED ACROSS THE 

 LANDSCAPE. 



General site description: 



IN OLD-GROWTH PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII FOREST WITH PICEA 

 ENGELMANNII, LINNAEA BOREALIS, ZIGADENUS ELEGANS, JUNIPERUS 

 COMMUNIS, GALIUM BOREALE, CLEMATIS TENUILOBA, PYROLA 

 CHLORANTHA AND SENECIO STREPTANTHIFOLIUS , ON STEEP SLOPES IN 

 SHADE; PLANTS ROOTED IN THICK MOSS MATS. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



THIS SPECIES IS VERY VULNERABLE TO LOGGING, PLANTS OCCUR 

 ONLY IN SHADED LOCATIONS IN THICK MOSS MATS; REESTABLISHING 

 POPULATIONS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. VOUCHER - SCHASSBERGER, 

 L.A. (408) , 1990. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1990. [FIELD SURVEY OF THE LITTLE BELT 

 MOUNTAINS 6-10 AUGUST (GOODYERA REPENS) ] . 



