Scientific Name: PINUS ALBICAULIS-ABIES LASIOCARPA PA 

 Common Name: WHITE BARK PINE-SUBALPINE FIR ASSOCIATION 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S5 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: C1A9BBADA0 . 009 



Survey site name: NEMESIS MOUNTAIN - COLE CREEK RIDGE 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: PRISTINE SITE 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT JEFFERSON 



Township: 014S Range: 002W Section: 31 Precision: S 



Township-range comments: NE4NW4 



Survey date: 1991-07-25 Elevation: 9320 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 15% / SOUTHEAST 



Last observation: 1991-07-25 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



FROM MONIDA, PROCEED EAST ON MAIN GRAVEL ROAD 44.5 MILES TO RED ROCK 

 PASS. PARK. TAKE THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TRAIL CA. 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST. 

 PLOT IS ON THE CREST OF THE KNOLL, 0.6 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE SUMMIT OF 

 NEMESIS MOUNTAIN. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 3 2 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: PINUS ALBICAULIS 

 (10% CANOPY COVER) , ABIES LASIOCARPA (TRACE) , HAPLOPAPPUS ACAULIS 

 (1%), IVESIA GORDONII (1%), AND SOLIDAGO MULTIRADIATA (3%). COMPLETE 

 LIST ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



GLACIATED MOUNTAIN RIDGE; PLOT POSITION IS NARROW RIDGE. QUARTZ ITE 

 PARENT MATERIAL AND LITHIC CRYOCHREPT SOIL SUBGROUP. GROUND COVER: 

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



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, MADISON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD041. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R. L. DEVELICE. LESQUERELLA 

 (PAYSONII?) PRESENT ON SITE. 



Information source: 



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

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



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