Scientific Name: PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII/CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS PA 

 Common Name: DOUGLAS FIR/ CURL-LEAF MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY ASSOCIATION 



Global rank; 

 State rank: 



G3? Forest Service status; 

 S3? Federal Status; 



Element occurrence code: C2A2BBABH0 . 003 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



MOOSE CREEK/MUD SPRING RIDGE 



AB 



ENHANCED EROSION AND PRESENCE OF 



INCREASER PLANTS SUGGESTS MODERATE 



DISTURBANCE BY DEER. 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: MELROSE 



Township: OOIS Range: 009W Section: 23 

 Township-range comments: NE4SW4 



Survey date: 



First observation; 



Last observation; 



1991-06-12 



1991 



1991-06-12 



Elevation: 6600 

 Slope/aspect: 50% 

 Size (acres) : 1 



Precision: S 



/ SOUTHWEST 



Location: 



TAKE MOOSE CREEK EXIT (#99) OFF INTERSTATE 15. PROCEED EAST ON MOOSE 

 CREEK ROAD 2.5 MILES AND PARK. PLOT IS JUST BELOW RIDGECREST, CA. 0.4 

 MILE WNW. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 17 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII (10% CANOPY COVER), JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM (10%), ARTEMISIA 

 TRIDENTATA (20%), CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS (10%), AND AGROPYRON SPICATUM 

 (20%) . COMPLETE LIST ON FILE AT MONTANA NATUFIAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN SLOPE; PLOT POSITION IS UPPER SLOPE. SCHIST PARENT 



MATERIAL AND TYPIC ARGIBOROLL SOIL SUBGROUP. GROUND COVER: BARE SOIL 



(20%) , TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (40%) . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, HEADWATERS RESOURCE AREA 

 HUMBUG SPIRES PRIMITIVE AREA 



Comments: 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD019. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R, 



DEVELICE, 



Information source: 



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

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



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