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Occurrence number: 015 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Survey site name: HAY CANYON I 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: POTENTIAL FOR TIMBER HARVEST, GRAZING 



NEARBY, CURRENTLY MANAGED FOR 



RECREATION. 



County: JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: INDIAN HILL 



Township-range: 012N011E Section: 14 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: NE4SW4 



Survey date: 1990-09-12 Elevation: 5200 

 First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 3-15% / NE 



Last observation: 1990-09-12 Size (acres) : 2 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS. FROM INDIAN HILL CAMPGROUND, GO SOUTH 

 ON FS ROAD #487 CA. 1.5 MILES TO FS ROAD #6390 (HAY CANYON); 

 THEN WEST CA. 0.25 MILE. 



Element occurrence data: 



POPULATION SPARSE BUT WIDESPREAD. 



General site description: 



LIMESTONE SUBSTRATE, IN BOTTOM OF CANYON AND ALONG TOE OF 

 NORTH SLOPE. IN MOSS UP TO 6" DEEP, WITH PICEA, LINNAEA 

 BOREALIS, GALIUM TRIFLORUM, DISPORUM TRACHYCARPUM, PYROLA 

 SECUNDA, ARNICA CORDIFOLIA, OSMORHIZA CHILENSIS, HERACLEUM 

 LANATUM, THALICTRUM OCCIDENTALE, ACTAEA RUBRA. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



SELECTIVE CUT CA. 1970; VERY LIGHT. VOUCHER - FIELD, D. 

 (091290-3) , 1990. 



Information source: 



FIELD, DANA. LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, 1101 15TH ST. 

 NORTH, BOX 871, GREAT FALLS, MT 594 03. 



