Scientific Name: PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII/CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS PA 

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



Global rank: G3? Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S3? Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: C2A2BBABH0 . 004 



Survey site name: GOAT MOUNTAIN - SUMMIT 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: PRISTINE SITE, EXCEPT FOR HIGHER THAN 



NORMAL DEER USE. 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: MELROSE 



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



Township-range comments: NE4NE4 



Survey date: 1991-06-13 Elevation: 6460 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 5% / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1991-06-13 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



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

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

 THIS ROAD SOUTH 1.2 MILES TO A Y INTERSECTION, GO RIGHT, AND CONTINUE 

 TO THE RIVER (0.4 MILE) AND PARK. PLOT IS CA. 0.7 5 MILE NORTHWEST, ON 

 SUMMIT OF GOAT MOUNTAIN. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 12 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII (3% CANOPY COVER) , ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA (TRACE) , CERCOCARPUS 

 LEDIFOLIUS (70%) , AGROPYRON SPICATUM (TRACE) , AND POA SANDBERGII 

 (TRACE) . COMPLETE LIST ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN RIDGE; PLOT POSITION IS NARROW RIDGE. QUARTZITE 

 PARENT MATERIAL AND LITHIC ARGIBOROLL SOIL SUBGROUP. GROUND COVER: 

 BARE SOIL (3%), TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (40%). 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, HEADWATERS RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD021. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R. L. DEVELICE. THE COVER OF 

 PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII APPEARS TO BE INCREASING, PERHAPS AS A RESULT OF 

 FIRE SUPPRESSION. 



Information source: 



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

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



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