Scientific Name: PINUS ALBICAULIS-ABIES LASIOCARPA PA 

 Common Name: WHITE BARK PINE-SUBALPINE FIR ASSOCIATION 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: S5 



Forest Service status; 

 Federal Status; 



Element occurrence code; 



C1A9BBADA0.010 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



NEMESIS MOUNTAIN - SOUTHEAST RIDGE 



A 



PRISTINE SITE. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT JEFFERSON 



Township: 014S Range: OOIE Section: 36 

 Township-range comments: NE4NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991-07-26 



1991 



1991-07-26 



Elevation: 8980 

 Slope/aspect: 60% / SOUTH 

 Size (acres) : 1 



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 JUST BELOW SADDLE ON SOUTHEAST RIDGE OF NEMESIS MOUNTAIN, CA. 

 0.3 MILE SOUTHEAST OF SUMMIT. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 41 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: PINUS ALBICAULIS 

 (30% CANOPY COVER), ABIES LASIOCARPA (1%), PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII 

 (10%), JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS (3%), AND CALAMAGROSTIS PURPURASCENS (20%). 

 COMPLETE LIST ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



GLACIATED MOUNTAIN RIDGE; PLOT POSITION IS UPPER SLOPE. QUARTZ ITE 

 PARENT MATERIAL AND ARGIC CRYOBOROLL SOIL SUBGROUP. GROUND COVER: BARE 

 SOIL (10%), TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (50%). 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD042. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R. L. DEVELICE. THE HIGH 

 SPECIES RICHNESS PRESENT MAY BE IN RESPONSE TO HIGH MICRO-HABITAT 

 DIVERSITY. THE TREES PRESENT ARE WIND-SHAPED. LESQUERELLA (PAYSONII?) 

 PRESENT ON SITE. 



Information source: 



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

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



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