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 . 006 



Survey site name: SANDY HOLLOW - QUARTZ ITE RIDGE NORTH 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: PRISTINE SITE. 



County: MADISON 



USGS quadrangle: BLOCK MOUNTAIN 



Township: 004S Range: 008W Section: 22 Precision: S 



Township-range comments: SE4NE4 



Survey date: 1991-06-04 Elevation: 5600 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 65% / NORTHWEST 



Last observation: 1991-06-04 Size (acres) : 5 



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 NORTHWEST 

 SLOPES, CA. 0.15 MILE EAST OF THE ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 16 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: JUNIPERUS 

 SCOPULORUM (20% CANOPY COVER), ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA (10%), CERCOCARPUS 

 LEDIFOLIUS (20%), AGROPYRON SPICATUM (10%), AND POA SANDBERGII (1%). 

 COMPLETE LIST ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



STRUCTURALLY CONTROLLED MOUNTAIN SLOPE; PLOT POSITION IS SHORT SLOPE. 

 CONGLOMERATE PARENT MATERIAL AND LITHIC USTORTHENT SOIL SUBGROUP. 

 GROUND COVER: BARE SOIL (0%) , TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (61%) . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments: 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD006. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R. L. DEVELICE, P. ACHUFF, 

 AND A. McALPINE. 



Information source: 



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

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



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