Scientific Name: JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM/CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS PA 



Common Name: ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER/ CURL- LEAF MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY ASSOCIATION 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: C2A2ABABN0 . 004 



Survey site name: GOAT MOUNTAIN - SOUTH RIDGE 



EO rank: BC 

 EO rank comments: THE PRESENCE OF INCREASER PLANTS 



SUGGESTS MODERATE DISTURBANCE BY DEER. 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: MELROSE 



Township: OOIS Range: 009W Section: 32 Precision: S 



Township-range comments: NE4SE4 



Survey date: 1991-06-03 Elevation: 5560 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 25% / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1991-06-03 Size (acres) : 10 



Location: 



FROM MOOSE CREEK ROAD EXIT (#99) ON INTERSTATE 15, PROCEED NORTH AND 

 WEST ON FRONTAGE ROAD 0.5 MILE TO JUNCTION WITH GRAVEL ROAD. TAKE THIS 

 GRAVEL ROAD SOUTH 1.2 MILES TO A Y INTERSECTION. GO RIGHT TO RIVER AND 

 PARK (0.4 MILE). PLOT IS 0.3 MILE DUE NORTH TO THE RIGHT OF FIRST 

 LIMESTONE OUTCROP ON LOWER LEFT-HAND RIDGE. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 24 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: JUNIPERUS 

 SCOPULORUM (3% CANOPY COVER) , CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS (60%) , 

 GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE (3%), AGROPYRON SPICATUM (10%), AND ORYZOPSIS 

 HYMENOIDES (10%) . COMPLETE LIST ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE 

 PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



STRUCTURALLY CONTROLLED MOUNTAIN SLOPE; PLOT POSITION IS MID-SLOPE. 

 LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL AND BOROLLIC CALCIORTHID SOIL SUBGROUP. 

 GROUND COVER: BARE SOIL (20%) , TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (43%) . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, HEADWATERS RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD020. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R. L. DEVELICE AND J. 

 SANDFORD. THE RELATIVELY HIGH COVER OF GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE MAY 

 REFLECT THE NATURALLY UNSTABLE NATURE OF THE SUBSTRATE RATHER THAN 

 HEAVY GRAZING EFFECTS. 



Information source: 



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

 PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE., FIELENA, MT 59620. 



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