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Occurrence number: 007 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Survey site name: SAGE CREEK 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: PROPOSED TIMBER SALE AREA. 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: WOODHURST MOUNTAIN 



Township-range: 014N011E Section: 20 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: N2NE4, N2NW4 , 19NE4 



Survey date: 1990-08-08 Elevation: 6200 

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



Last observation: 1990-08-08 Size (acres) : 160 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS; SAGE CREEK, CA. 12 MILES WEST OF 

 UTICA, SOUTH OF F.S. ROAD #265. 



Element occurrence data: 



INDIVIDUALS SPARSELY DISPERSED ACROSS 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 . PLANTS ONLY OCCUR 

 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. 



Information source: 



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

 MOUNTAINS 6-10 AUGUST (GOODYERA REPENS)]. 



