MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: RANUNCULUS JOVIS 

 Common Name: JOVE'S BUTTERCUP 



Global rank: G4G5 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S1S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDRANOLIDO. 004 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: ANTELOPE CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: HIDDEN LAKE BENCH 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 013S OOIE 24 SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: Elevation: 7120 - 7160 



First observation: 1992-04-29 Slope/aspect: 5% / SSW 



Last observation: 1992-04-29 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 UP DEAD END ROAD TOWARD 

 SITZ'S COW CAMP. SUBPOPULATIONS ARE ON EITHER SIDE OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



4 000+ INDIVIDUALS IN 5 SUBPOPULATIONS; 95% FLOWERING, 5% IN FRUIT. 



General site description: 



ALONG BANDS OF ROCKY OUTCROPS ALONG A SLOPE BREAK, MODERATELY 

 FROST-CHURNED; MOIST CLAY LOAM, DOLOMITE/QUARTZITE PARENT. ARTEMISIA 

 TRIDENTATA VAR. VASYANA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS HABITAT TYPE, WITH 

 ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM, DICENTRA UNIFLORA AND OROGENIA FUSIFORMIS. 



Land owner /manager : 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, MADISON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SOME DISTURBANCE FROM GROUND SQUIRREL DIGGING; LATE SNOWMELT AREA. 

 SURVEYED BY K. SUZUKI. ECODATA PLOT #027C92S003. 



Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL 



FOREST, 610 NORTH MONTANA STREET, DILLON, MT 

 59725. 



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