MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CAREX TORREYI 

 Common Name: TORREY'S SEDGE 



Global rank: G4 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status : 



I 



Element occurrence code: PMCYP03DT0 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SOUTH HEGGEN CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments : 



County : CARTER 

 USGS quadrangle: 



CAMP NEEDMORE 

 TERRELL CREEK 



Township : 

 001N 



Range : 

 058E 



Section: 

 2 



TRS comments : 

 SW4NW4 



Precision : 



Survey date : 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



M 



1994-06-19 

 1994-06-11 

 1994-06-19 



Elevation: 3760 

 Slope/aspect: 25 (+10)% / NE 

 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



FROM SOUTHEAST OF EKALAKA TAKE HWY 32 3 TO OPEECHE ROAD, FOLLOW HEGGEN 

 CREEK PAST USFS BOUNDARY AND CONTINUE CA. 4 MILES. SITE IS SSW OF 2 

 KNOLLS ON SOUTHWEST EDGE OF SMALL VALLEY, 80-100 M. FROM EDGE OF 

 PINES. 



Element occurrence data: 



ALL IN EARLY FRUIT MATURATION, HEALTHY LOOKING POPULATION, 

 COLONIES WITH FLOWERING STEMS. 



AT LEAST 10 



General site description: 



SHADED TO PARTIAL SHADE, DRY (SLIGHTLY MOIST) CONCAVE, LOWER MIDSLOPE, 

 PARENT MATERIAL SANDSTONE, SOIL TEXTURE DARK, SANDY LOAM, RICH HUMUS. 

 ASSOCIATED SPECIES: MAHONIA REPENS , PRUNUS VIRGINIANA, GALIUM BOREALE, 

 ARNICA CORDIFOLIA, TOXICODENDRON RYDBERGII, APOCYNUM ANDROSAEMI FOLIUM, 

 THALICTRUM VENULOSUM, BROMUS CILIATUS, CAREX ROSSII, CAREX SPRENGELLI , 

 CAREX AENEA, HEUCHERA RICHARDSONII , JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS, POPULUS 

 TREMULOIDES, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, SMILACINA STELLATA. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, 



SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



Information source: BOTANIST, MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 



EAST SIXTH AVENUE, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. 



Specimens: DUEHOLM, K. H. (12192). 1994 



