MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CAREX IDAHOA 

 Common Name: IDAHO SEDGE 



Global rank: G2Q Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PMCYP03 6E0. 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: MONIDA 



EO rank: A 

 EG rank comments: AREA RELATIVELY UNDISTURBED, GOOD POPULATION. 



County : BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: MONIDA 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 015S 006W 03 NE4 

 014S 006W 34 SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1985-07-19 Elevation: 6770 



First observation: 1985 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1986-06-27 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



0.1-0.4 AIR MI. NW. OF MONIDA, N. OF OLD HIGHWAY ACROSS RR TRACKS. 



Element occurrence data: 



101-1000 INDIVIDUALS (RHIZOMATOUS) ; PLANTS FRUITING; MEADOW IS FAIRLY 

 UNDISTURBED AND NOT HEAVILY GRAZED; AREA IS SELDOM VISITED. 



General site description: 



WET ALKALINE MEADOW, ON VERY GENTLE SLOPE; MEADOW DOMINATED BY 

 GRAMINOIDS, WITH PHLOX KELSEYI , JUNCUS BALTICUS, CAREX SPP., IN DENSE 

 TURF. 



Land owner /manager : 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



AREA REMOTE & NOT VERY CLOSE TO HIGHWAY; SEE EF FOR SPECIAL PLANT 

 SURVEY FORM. 



Information source: LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (3551). 1985. MONTU. 



