MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: GENTIANOPSIS SIMPLEX 

 Common Name: HIKER'S GENTIAN 



Global rank: G3G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDGEN080A0. 004 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LIMA MEADOW 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: GOOD SIZE POPULATION; VIABILITY UNKNOWN, 



County : BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CORRAL CREEK 



Location: 



CENTENNIAL VALLEY, 4.5 MILES EAST OF MONIDA, ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD, 

 ABOVE LIMA RESERVOIR. 



Element occurrence data: 



100-200 PLANTS, PAST FRUIT AND IN FRUIT. 



General site description: 



MARL HABITAT NEAR CENTER OF PEATLAND MADE UP OF MOUNDS AND POOLS; ANY 

 NATURAL PATTERNING OBSCURED. SPECIES RESTRICTED TO MOUNDS. CO-DOMINANT 

 SPECIES INCLUDE CAREX SCIRPIFORMIS , MUHLENBERGIA FILIFORMIS AND JUNCUS 

 SPP. 



Land owner /manager : 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



LIVESTOCK TRAMPLING IS WEAK IMPACT IN THE SATURATED MARL HABITAT, BUT 

 HAS CAUSED HUMMOCKS IN SURROUNDING HABITAT, WHICH STILL RETAINS HIGH 

 SPECIES DIVERSITY. 



Information source: HEIDEL, B. L. 1992. [FIELD SURVEY TO LIMA FEN OF 4 



JULY . ] 



Specimens: HEIDEL, B. L. (735). 1992. 



