MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: OROGENIA FUSIFORMIS 

 Common Name: TAPERED-ROOT OROGENIA 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: 52 



Forest Service status; 

 Federal Status; 



SENSITIVE 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type: 



PDAPI1J010.005 



Survey site name: ANTELOPE CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: HIDDEN LAKE BENCH 



Township: Range: Section: 

 013S 002E 19 

 013S OOIE 24 



TRS comments ; 



SW4 



SE4 



Precision: 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1992-04-29 

 1992-04-29 



Elevation: 7125 

 Slope/aspect: 15% / NNE 

 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



FROM ENNIS GO SOUTH ON HWYS 287 AND 87 TO 1 MILE NORTH OF RAYNOLDS 

 PASS. TURN WEST ON ANTELOPE BASIN ROAD (FS RD #23 0) AND CONTINUE CA. 

 5.5 MILES TOWARDS LONE TREE CREEK. SITE IS ON SLOPE ON EAST SIDE OF 

 ROAD, JUST UP FROM JUNCTION WITH DEAD-END ROAD TO SITZ'S COW CAMP. 



Element occurrence data: 



200-300 INDIVIDUALS, 90% FLOWERING TO BEGINNING FRUIT, 10% VEGETATIVE. 

 ONE SUBPOPULATION CA. 0.5 MILE TO THE NORTHWEST. 



General site description: 



PARTIALLY SHADED, DRY MIDSLOPE, LOAM SOIL, DOLOMITE/QUARTZITE PARENT. 

 ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VAR. VASYANA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS HABITAT TYPE, 

 WITH SYMPHORICARPOS OREOPHILUS AND GEUM TRIFLORUM. 



Land owner /manager : 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, MADISON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



LATE SNOWMELT AREA; SNOWBANK PRESENT ABOVE SITE WHEN SURVEYED. 

 POPULATION EXTENDS INTO ASPEN CLONE TO THE SOUTH, MINOR AMOUNTS OF 

 GROUND SQUIRREL DIGGING. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY K. SUZUKI AND M. KLEIN. 

 ECODATA PLOT #027C92S004. 



Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL 



FOREST, 610 NORTH MONTANA STREET, DILLON, MT 

 59725. 



Specimens: SUZUKI, K. (00292). 1992. MONT. 



