MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CAREX TORREYI 

 Common Name : TORREY ' S SEDGE 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PMCYP03DT0 . 004 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BALLINGER SPRING 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments : 



County : CARTER 

 USGS quadrangle: 



TIMBER HILL 



Township : 

 002S 



Range : 

 061E 



Section: 

 33 



TRS comments : 

 NE4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1994-07-02 Elevation: 3760 - 

 1994-07-02 Slope/aspect: 2-8% / NORTH 

 1994-07-02 Size (acres) : 2 



Location: 



CA. 2 5 AIR MILES SOUTH OF EKALAKA. PARK AT ICEBOX SPRING AND ON LOST 

 FARM ROAD WALK SOUTHEAST OF CATTLE GUARD TO JUNCTION OF 2 DRAINAGES AT 

 BALLINGER SPRING. PLANTS ARE ON TRIANGULAR FLAT BETWEEN DRAINAGES, 

 MOSTLY NEAR STEEPER EASTERN SLOPES AND ABOVE DRAINAGES ON THE FLATS. 



Element occurrence data: 



POSSIBLY 3 SUBPOPULATIONS WITH A TOTAL OF 20 PLANTS. (CA. 12 ON EAST 

 EDGE, 3 ON WEST SIDE, AND 2 ON WEST OF DRAINAGE ON WEST SIDE) . MOSTLY 

 IN LATE FRUIT. 



General site description: 



DRY WITH SEASONAL DRAINAGE, PARTIALLY SHADED RIDGE DRAINAGE IN 

 DISSECTED MESA. SANDY LOAM SOIL WITH PINUS PONDEROSA, MAHOMA REPENS , 

 SMALL PRUNUS VIRGINIANA, POA PRATENSIS, ARENARIA LATERIFLORA, STIPA 

 NELSONII, CAREX FOENEA, CAREX BREVIOR, TOXICODENDRON RYDBERGII. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



OBSERVED BY K. 

 GRAZING. 



H. DUEHOLM AND B. HEIDEL. DISTURBANCE BY MODERATE 



Information source: 



HEIDEL, BONNIE. [BOTANIST] MONTANA NATURAL 

 HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVENUE, P.O. BOX 

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: 406/444-3009. 



Specimens : 



