Scientific Name: JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM-ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA 

 Common Name: ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER-BIG SAGEBRUSH 



Global rank: G2? 

 State rank: S2? 



Forest Service status; 

 Federal Status; 



Element occurrence code: C2A2ABABM0 . 002 



Survey site name: SANDY HOLLOW - QUARTZITE RIDGE SOUTH 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: SOME DEGRADATION BY CATTLE, BUT SITE IS 



RELATIVELY PRISTINE. 



County: MADISON 



USGS quadrangle: BLOCK MOUNTAIN 



Township: 004S Range: 008W Section: 22 

 Township-range comments: SE4NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991-07-29 



1991 



1991-07-29 



Elevation: 5540 

 Slope/aspect: 35- 

 Size (acres) : 1 



/ SOUTH 



Location: 



FROM GLEN, PROCEED SOUTH ON PAVEMENT CA 0.7 5 MILE TO THE BURMA ROAD. 



TAKE THIS ROAD 7.5 MILES TO SANDY HOLLOW ROAD. TAKE THIS ROAD 3.05 



MILES TO CONGLOMERATE DIKE. THE PLOT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SLOPES OF 



THE RIDGE, 0.1 MILE EAST OF THE ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 2 5 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: JUNIPERUS 

 SCOPULORUM (3% CANOPY COVER), ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA (10%), AGROPYRON 

 SPICATUM (20%), ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES (10%), AND STIPA COMATA (30%). 

 COMPLETE LIST ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN SLOPE; PLOT POSITION IS SHORT SLOPE. CONGLOMERATE 



PARENT MATERIAL AND BOROLLIC LITHIC CALCIORTHID SOIL SUBGROUP. GROUND 



COVER : BARE SOIL (20%) , TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (60%) . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD044 



SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R. L. DEVELICE, 



Information source: 



DEVELICE, ROBERT. [COMMUNITY ECOLOGIST] . MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE 

 PROGRAM, 1515 EAST 6TH AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. 



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