MONTANA STATE This "cover" page added by the Internet Archive for formatting purposes m u** STATUS REVIEW OF Allotropa virgata U.S.D.A. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 1 BITTERROOT AND DEERLODGE NATIONAL FORESTS MONTANA RE! Prepared by: Lisa Schassberger Roe Montana Natural Heritage Program State Library Building 1515 E. 6th Avenue Helena, MT 59620 STATE DOCUMENTS COLLECTION JUL r 1993 MONTANA STATE U8RARY 1515 £• <§th AVE. HELENA, MONTANA 59620 1992 Montana Natural Heritage Program This document should be cited as follows: Roe, L.S. 1992. Status review of Allotropa virgata on the Bitterroot and Deerlodge National Forests, Montana. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Helena, MT. 4 6 pp. This is an abridged report For the full report please contact: The Montana Natural Heritage Program 1515 E Sixth Ave Helena, Montana 59620 406-444-3009 TABLE OF CONTENTS I . SUMMARY 1 II . SPECIES INFORMATION 2 A. CLASSIFICATION 2 B. PRESENT LEGAL OR OTHER FORMAL STATUS 2 C. DESCRIPTION 3 D. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 4 E . HABITAT 5 F. POPULATION DEMOGRAPHY AND BIOLOGY 6 G . POPULATION ECOLOGY 7 H . LAND OWNERSHIP 8 III. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 9 A. THREATS TO CURRENTLY KNOWN POPULATIONS 9 B. MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND RESPONSE 10 C. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAINTAINING VIABLE POPULATIONS 10 D. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER ASSESSMENT 10 IV. LITERATURE CITED 12 V. ELEMENT OCCURRENCE PRINT-OUTS AND MAPS 13 VI . PHOTOGRAPHS 41 I . SUMMARY Allotropa virqata occurs primarily west of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains from British Columbia to northern California. Disjunct populations occur in southwestern Montana and adjacent Idaho. The plant is a Region 1 sensitive species and is ranked G4/S1 in both Montana and Idaho. The first record of the species from Montana was in 1974. Subsequent survey work has located 27 populations in southwestern Montana on the Beaverhead, Bitterroot and Deerlodge national forests, including some timber sale blocks. In Montana, Allotropa virqata populations occur most often in Abies lasiocarpa/Xerophyllum tenax or Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scoparium habitat types. The dominant canopy tree is usually Pinus contorta with Pseudotsuqa menziesii often co-dominant. Stand age is 120-330 years with an average of about 200 years. Understory vegetation cover at these sites is generally sparse. Populations generally occur on moderate slopes and southerly aspects are most common. Allotropa virqata is obligately dependent on an association with a mycorrhizal fungus which in turn is associated with a tree, likely lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) or Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuqa menziesii) . It is thus, highly sensitive to the loss of these canopy trees whether through timber harvest or stand-replacing fire. Several of the current locations of Allotropa virqata are within proposed timber sales. Populations of Allotropa virqata are characteristically small with most being fewer than 100 stalks. Many populations consist of fewer than 5 stalks. These small populations are often scattered across the landscape in large areas of seemingly suitable habitat. This suggests that the habitat requirements of the species are quite specific and may relate to the occurrence of a suitable fungal partner. Management planning should take all Montana sites into account in order to maintain viable populations. Field surveys should be continued for additional populations on the Beaverhead, Bitterroot and Deerlodge National Forests. Monitoring of existing populations should be continued and expanded. Additionally, the information gathered in the survey and monitoring activities recommended above should be used to prepare a species management guide for Allotropa virqata . The guide should be prepared in cooperation with the Nez Perce National Forest and the Idaho Conservation Data Center and should include the Idaho populations in the strategy. II. SPECIES INFORMATION A. CLASSIFICATION 1. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Allotropa virqata T. & G. ex Gray 2. COMMON NAME: candystick, sugarstick (Hitchcock et al. 1959) . 3. FAMILY: Ericaceae (Heath Family) . 4. GENUS: Allotropa virqata is the only member of this monotypic genus (Wallace 1975). 5. SPECIES: Allotropa virqata was first collected by the Wilkes Expedition in the Cascade Mountains of Washington in the late 1800's (Hitchcock et al. 1959). The first collection in Montana (Stickney (100b) , MRC) was from the Bitterroot Mountains, St. Mary Peak, Ravalli County in 1965. First records for Idaho were in Idaho County, Selway River valley (Habeck (2503 ) , MRC) in 1972. Prior to this, A. virqata was known only from California to British Columbia at low elevations in the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Mountains, and Coast Ranges (Steele and Stickney 1974). B. PRESENT LEGAL OR OTHER FORMAL STATUS 1. FEDERAL STATUS a. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE: None. b. U.S. FOREST SERVICE: Allotropa virqata is currently on the sensitive plant species list of Regions 1 and 4 of the U.S. Forest Service. Agency objectives and policy in the 1984 Forest Service Manual provide for the management and protection of sensitive species (Section 2670.32). Under these guidelines, the U.S. Forest Service is to "avoid or minimize impacts to species whose viability has been identified as a concern" (2670.32.2) . STATES: Globally, this species is ranked by the Idaho Natural Heritage Program as "apparently secure = G4 , although it may be guite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery" (Moseley and Groves 1990) . Montana: Allotropa virqata is currently ranked as critically imperiled in Montana (state rank SI = 5 or fewer occurrences) (Achuff 1991) . Survey work in 1991 found 11 new, large populations for a total of 27 populations. The state rank will be revised to S3 (21-100 occurrences) . Idaho: This species is on the monitor list in Idaho where it is ranked as a State Priority 2 species (Moseley and Groves 1990) , "taxa likely to be classified as Priority 1 within the foreseeable future in Idaho, if factors contributing to their population decline or habitat degradation or loss continue." It is currently known from about 4 5 locations in the state, all in Idaho County (Lichthardt and Mancuso 1991) . DESCRIPTION 1. GENERAL NONTECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: Allotropa virqata is a striking plant, most notable for the thick reddish- brown and off-white candy-striped stems that are up to ca. 15.5 inches (40 cm) tall. It lacks green coloration. Single stems or clusters of stems arise from deep-seated, branching roots. The unbranched stems bear numerous flowers near the top. Flowers face away from the stem but do not droop and each is composed of 5 sepals that are white to pinkish or brown. Stems from previous years are often present. These are dark reddish-brown and often hollow (Lichthardt and Mancuso 1991, Hitchcock et al_. 1959) 2. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: Achlorophyllous , simple-stemmed herbs with single to numerous stems from a diffuse, deep-seated root system with branch roots and adventitious buds at intervals along its length. Plants 10-40 cm tall, stems white and pink-striped, 5-10 mm thick; leaves linear-lanceolate; flowers in terminal spikelike racemes, 5-20 cm long, axillary and exceeded by the subtending bract, often with 1-2 bracteoles below the calyx; sepals 5, distinct, white or pinkish to brownish, ca. 5 mm long; corolla lacking; stamens 10, without appendages, purplish, opening by basal (falsely terminal) pores, from about egual to tv/ice as long as the sepals; pistil 5-carpellary , styles very short, stigma shallowly 5-lobed; ovary superior, 5- celled, with axile placentation; fruit a capsule (Hitchcock et al. 1959) 3. LOCAL FIELD CHARACTERS: Allotropa virqata is distinguished from other achlorophyllous members of the Ericaceae by longitudinally pink and white-striped stems and the lack of a true corolla. It often occurs with, but is easily distinguished from, Hypopitys monotropa which usually has a four-merous perianth, anthers that open by a continuous full-length slit across the top, and stems that are white, yellowish or pinkish. Pterospora andromedea also occurs with A. yirgata, but differs by being usually taller (ca. 11.5- 39 inches (30-100 cm)), with five sepals and an urn- shaped (connate) five-lobed corolla that is pendulous, with bracts along the stem that are much reduced, and with anthers that are awned on the back. D. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 1. RANGE: Allotropa virqata is known from southwestern British Columbia and south through the Cascades, on both the east and west sides, into the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges of California (Hitchcock et al. 1959) . It is disjunct in east-central Idaho (Idaho County) and western Montana (Ravalli, Granite and Beaverhead counties) where it is one of several species that have coastal affinities and a similar disjunct pattern (Lorain 1988) . 2. CURRENT SITES: In Montana, it is currently known from 27 populations in Ravalli, Granite and Beaverhead counties. Prior to the 1991 field season, A. virgata was known from 16 locations, only three of which contained more than a few plants. In 1991, surveys conducted by personnel of the Lolo and Bitterroot national forests and the Montana Natural Heritage Program located nine more populations, many of which contained up to several hundred individual plants. 3. HISTORICAL SITES: Several populations were last observed in the mid-1970 's but none should be considered historical. 4. UNVERIFIED/UNDOCUMENTED REPORTS: None. 5. AREAS SURVEYED BUT SPECIES NOT LOCATED: Bitterroot National Forest T05N R18W SECTION 33, NW^SE^, T05N R18W SECTION 33, NE^SE^ T05N R18W SECTION 34, SW^NW-, T04N R18W SECTION 4, NW^NW^ T04N R21W SECTION 20, NW^SWH T04N R21W SECTION 6, NE^NW^ T04N R22W SECTION 1, SE^SE^ T04N R19W SECTION 4, S'-sNW^ Deerlodge National Forest Includes the Alder/Niles and Willow Creek timber sales, West Fork Rock Creek, Black Pine Ridge and the East Fork Reservoir areas. T08N T08N T08N T08N T08N T08N T05N T05N T05N R15W S R15W S R16W S SEhSWh R16W S R15W R15W R17W R17W R17W ECTION 18 ECTION 19 ECTION 13 ECTION 24 ECTION 1 ECTION 25 ECTION 8 ECTION 7 ECTION 35 T04N R14W SECTION 17 T04N R14W SECTION 8 SW^NW^, SE^SW^ , NE^SW^, SE^SEH NE^NE^ NE^NE^, NW^NE^, NE^NWJj, SW^SE^, NE^, NW^SE^, NW^NE^ NE^SE^, NW^SW^ SW^ NE^SE^, SW^SE^ SE^NE^ NW^NE^ SW^SE^i HABITAT DESCRIPTION: In Montana, Allotropa occur most often in Abies lasiocar or Abies lasiocarpa/Vaccinium scop The dominant canopy tree is usuall with Pseudotsuga menziesii often c cover is commonly 40-50%. The cove is usually low and plants are ofte seedling stage. Stand age is 120-3 average of about 200 years. Unders at these sites is generally sparse typically 30% and herbaceous cover generally occur on moderate slopes aspects, although southerly aspect Many sites have been lightly burne fire scars on canopy trees. virqata populations pa/Xerophyllum tenax arium habitat types, y Pinus contorta o-dominant; Tree r of Abies lasiocarpa n at the sapling or 30 years with an tory vegetation cover with shrub cover 10-15%. Populations of 15-25% and on all s are most common. d as evidenced by ASSOCIATED SPECIES: The following plant species are commonly associated with Allotropa virqata : Abies lasiocarpa (subalpine fir) Pinus albicaulis (whitebark pine) Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine) Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) Amelanchier alnifolia (western serviceberry) Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (kinnikinnick) Arenaria macrophylla (bigleaf sandwort) Arenaria rubella (reddish sandwort) Arnica cordifolia (heart-leaf arnica) Arnica latifolia (broadleaf arnica) Calamaqrostis rubescens (pinegrass) Calamaqrostis tweedyi (Cascade reedgrass) Carex concinna (low northern sedge) Carex concinnoides (northwestern sedge) Carex qeyeri (elk sedge) Chimaphila umbellata (common prince's pine) Chimaphila menziesii (little prince's pine) Epilobium angustif olium (fireweed) Festuca idahoensis (Idaho fescue) Fragaria virqiniana (common strawberry) Goodyera oblonqifolia (western rattlesnake-plantain) Hedysarum occidentale (western hedysarum) Hieracium albif lorum (white-flowered hawkweed) Hypopitys monotropa (fringed pinesap) Lonicera utahensis (Utah honeysuckle) Menziesia ferruqinea (false huckleberry) Pedicularis contorta (coiled-beak lousewort) Pedicularis racemosa (sickletop lousewort) Phlox longifolia (long-leaved phlox) Pterospora andromedea (woodland pinedrops) Pyrola asarifolia (pink wintergreen) Pyrola picta (white-vein pyrola) Ribes americanum (black current) Salix scouleriana (Scouler willow) Sedum lanceolatum (lance-leaved stonecrop) Spiraea betulifolia (shiny-leaf spiraea) Vaccinium globulare (globe huckleberry) Vaccinium membranaceum (big huckleberry) Vaccinium scoparium (whortleberry) Viola orbiculata (round-leaved violet) Xerophyllum tenax (beargrass) 3. SOIL RELATIONSHIPS: The sites are all on soils derived from the granitic parent materials of the Idaho batholith. These soils are probably acidic but no analyses have been done. F. POPULATION DEMOGRAPHY AND BIOLOGY 1. PHENOLOGY: Annual, elongated, spike-like stems arise from a perennial root mass in late June or early July and persist, often for more than a year, after the stem has died. 2. POPULATION SIZE AND CONDITION: The populations of Allotropa virqata are characteristically small with most being fewer than 100 ramets. Many locations consist of fewer than 5 plants. Occasionally, populations have several hundred ramets. These small populations are often scattered across the landscape in large areas of seemingly suitable habitat. This suggests that the habitat requirements of the species are quite specific and may relate to the occurrence of a suitable mycobiont. 3. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY a. TYPE OF REPRODUCTION: Sexual. b. POLLINATION BIOLOGY: Nectar accumulates by adhesion in the small spaces bounded by the ovary and the sepals. Bumblebees are the primary known pollinators, Psithyrus insularis and Bombus mixtus. Often there is more than one floral axis per root mass and more than several flowers per axis which constitutes a significant reward for pollinators (Wallace 1977). G. POPULATION ECOLOGY 1. BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS a. EPIPARASITISM: Allotropa virgata indirectly parasitizes pines and perhaps Douglas-fir via connecting mycelia of mycorrhizal fungi. This epiparasitism is relatively common in the plant kingdom, occurring in at least 7 families, 51 genera, and approximately 400 species (Furman and Trappe 1971) . Studies of Monotropa and Hypopitys show that they are unable to survive without a fungal associate (Furman and Trappe 1971) . They are best regarded as highly specialized and are the most dependent component of an anatomically- linked system of interacting plants. Materials move from the green component to the achlorophyllous component and vice versa (Furman and Trappe 1971). This is likely true for A. virgata as well. a. COMPETITION: In Montana, A. virgata does not occur often in areas with a high percentage of understory cover. It obviously does not compete for light but may be affected by competition for water or soil nutrients, although it derives much of these from the photosynthetic tree and mycorrhizal fungus. b. HERBIVORY: Grazing of A. virgata stalks by large ungulates has been observed. LAND OWNERSHIP Beaverhead National Forest Wisdom Ranger District Elk Creek (020) Rat Creek (021) Hogans Guard Station (022) Prairie Creek (023) Deerlodge National Forest Philipsburg Ranger District Angelico Creek (001) Meyers Creek (002) Sandstone Ridge (017) Bitterroot National Forest Darby Ranger District Upper Lick Creek (004) Yellowstone Camp (008) Sleeping Child Creek (013, 014, 015, 016 Stevensville Ranger District St. Mary Peak (005) Smith Creek (010) Gash Point (011) Saint Mary Peak (024) Glen Lake Trail (025) Bear Creek Overlook (027) Sula Ranger District Buck Creek (012) Tolan Creek (018, 026) West Fork Ranger District Razorback Mountain (003) Nelson Creek Ridge (006) Boulder Point (007) Rombo Creek (019) Lolo National Forest Missoula Ranger District Williams Gulch (Bagdad) (009) III. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS A. THREATS TO CURRENTLY KNOWN POPULATIONS: 1. GRAZING: The sites occupied by Allotropa virqata contain very small amounts of forage and thus it is unlikely that grazing would have much effect on this species. Casual observation suggests that some 10 Allotropa virgata plants may have been browsed by ungulates but the significance of this is unclear. 2. TIMBER HARVESTING: Several of the current locations of Allotropa virgata are within proposed timber sales. Since Allotropa virgata is dependent, through an intervening fungus, on the continued existence of living canopy trees, timber harvest is a serious to the plant. MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND RESPONSE: Removal of trees, either by harvesting or stand-replacing fire, upon which Allotropa virgata is dependent would likely result in a loss of populations, since other mycotrophic species have been observed to recede from the edges of logged or burned areas (Castellano 1990) . Allotropa virgata would likely survive less severe fires that leave the canopy trees essentially intact because it has a deep-seated rootstock. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAINTAINING VIABLE POPULATIONS: The following recommendations are made to ensure that the long- term viability of Allotropa virgata populations is maintained on U.S. Forest Service land in Montana. 1. Protection of natural habitats that currently support Allotropa virgata populations. Management plans on the Bitterroot and Deerlodge National Forests should take all known populations into consideration and prevent disturbance of the sites. 2. Notification of U.S. Forest Service personnel of sites on U.S. Forest Service lands. To prevent inadvertent impacts on currently known sites, personnel involved in planning activities should be provided with detailed information on the location of Allotropa virgata populations. It is especially important that timber sale managers and engineers at the Ranger District level know of these locations so that disturbance can be prevented. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER ASSESSMENT: 1. Further field surveys of potential habitats. Surveys in 1991 located additional populations in both Montana (section V) and Idaho (Lichthardt and Mancuso 1991) . Additional surveys should be made in portions of the Beaverhead, Bitterroot, and Deerlodge National Forests. 2 . Establish and continue monitoring studies to assess population condition and status. Several monitoring 11 sites were established in 1991. Monitoring of these sites should be continued in 1992 and additional sites should be established. Prepare a species management guide (conservation strategy) . The information gathered in the survey and monitoring activities recommended above should be used to prepare a species management guide for Allotropa virgata . The guide should be prepared in cooperation with the Nez Perce National Forest and the Idaho Conservation Data Center and should include the Idaho populations in the strategy. Challenge Cost-Share projects have been proposed by the Montana Natural Heritage Program with the Beaverhead, Bitterroot and Deerlodge National Forests for 1992 to further the above recommendations. 12 IV. LITERATURE CITED Achuff, P.L. 1991. Plant species of special concern in Montana. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, Montana. 20 pp. Castellano, M. 1990. telephone conversations with J.S. Shelly and A. Evenden, U.S. Forest Service, Region 1, Missoula, Montana. 20 and 23 July. Furman, T.E. and J.M. Trappe. 1971. Phylogeny and ecology of mycotrophic achlorophyllous angiosperms. Quarterly Review of Biology 46: 219-225. Hitchcock, C.L., A. Cronquist, M. Ownbey and J.W. Thompson. 1959. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest, Part 4: Ericaceae through Campanulaceae . University of Washington Press, Seattle. 510 pp. Lichthardt, J. and M. Mancuso. 1991. Report on the conservation status of Allotropa virqata (candystick) on the Nez Perce National Forest. I. Field survey and first and second-year monitoring results. Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise, Idaho. 16 pp. plus 10 appendices. Moseley, R. and C. Groves. 1990. Rare, threatened and endangered plants and animals of Idaho. Natural Heritage Section, Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise, Idaho. 33 pp. Steele, R. and P.F. Stickney. 1974. Notes and news: Allotropa virqata . Madrono 22: 277. Wallace, G.D. 1975. Studies of the Montropoideae (Ericaceae): Taxonomy and distribution. Wasmann Journal of Biology 33 (1-2): 88 pp. Wallace, G.D. 1977. Studies of the Montropoideae (Ericaceae). Floral nectaries: Anatomy and function in pollination ecology. American Journal of Botany 64: 199-206. 13 V. ELEMENT OCCURRENCE PRINT-OUTS AND MAPS Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virgata 14 recurrence number: 001 Global rank: State rank: G4 SI Survey site name: EO rank: EO rank comments: County: GRANITE USGS quadrangle: Forest Service status: Federal Status: ANGELICO CREEK MAUKEY GULCH Township: 005N Range: 016W Section: 21 Township-range comments: SE4 SENSITIVE Precision: M Survey date: 1976-08-06 First observation: 1976 Last observation: 1976-08-06 Elevation: 6400 Slope/aspect : Size (acres) : 1 Location : EAST SLOPE OF SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS, NORTHEAST OF ANGELICO CREEK, CA . 2.5 AIR MILES SE OF MOUNT EMERINE. "lement occurrence data: SINGLE PLANT. General site description: UNKNOWN. Land owner/manager: DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, PHILIPSBURG RANGER DISTRICT Comments : SIGHT RECORD. 1991: POPULATION NOT RELOCATED BY CEDRON JONES AND SARA TOUBMAN. Information source: JOY, JOHN. DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, P.O. BOX 400, BUTTE, MT 59703 Element Occurrence Record 15 Allotropa virqata occurrence number: 002 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: MEYERS CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: GRANITE USGS quadrangle: MOOSE LAKE Township: 003N Range: 016W Section: 02 Precision: M Township-range comments: NW4 Survey date: 1976-08-26 Elevation: 6500 First observation: 1976 Slope/aspect: Last observation: 1976-08-26 Size (acres) : 1 Location : NORTHWEST SLOPE OF ANACONDA-PINTLAR RANGE, NORTHWEST OF MEYERS CREEK, CA. 1.5 MILES WSW OF MOOSE LAKE. Element occurrence data: SINGLE PLANT. General site description: UNKNOWN. Land owner/manager: DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, PHILIPSBURG RANGER DISTRICT Comments : SIGHT RECORD. 1991: POPULATION NOT RELOCATED BY CEDRON JONES AND SARA TOUBMAN. Information source: JOY, JOHN. DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, P.O. BOX 400, BUTTE, MT 59703. Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virqata 16 fccurrence number: 003 Global rank: State rank: G4 Forest Service status: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: EO rank: EO rank comments: RAZORBACK MOUNTAIN County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: PAINTED ROCKS LAKE (15) Township: 002S Range: 023W Township-range comments: Section: 11 SENSITIVE Precision: G Survey date: First observation: 1975 Last observation: 1975-07-25 Elevation: 7100 Slope/aspect : Size (acres) : Location : COMING OFF RAZORBACK MOUNTAIN INTO BLUE JOINT CREEK, MOUNTAINS. BITTERROOT ilement occurrence data UNKNOWN. General site description: OPEN WOODS. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, WEST FORK RANGER DISTRICT Comments : NONE. Information source: CORY, J.K. (1535). 1975. SPECIMEN #076337 MONTU . Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virgata 17 occurrence number: 004 Global rank: State rank: G4 SI Forest Service status: Federal Status: Survey site name: UPPER LICK CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: COMO PEAKS Township: 004N Range: 022W Section: 22 Township-range comments: 27 SENSITIVE Precision: M Survey date: First observation: 1976 Last observation: 1976-07-30 Elevation: 7500 Slope/aspect : Size (acres) : Location: ABOVE UPPER LICK CREEK, NW OF COMO LAKE; BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS fclement occurrence data: ™ UNKNOWN. General site description: UNDER PINUS CONTORTA AND OTHER CONIFERS, AT SITE OF VERY OLD BURNED-OVER AREA. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, DARBY RANGER DISTRICT Comments : NONE. Information source: CORY, J.K. (1643). 1976. SPECIMEN #78044 MONTU . Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virgata occurrence number: 005 Global rank: State rank: G4 SI Forest Service status: Federal Status: SENSITIVE Survey site name: EO rank: EO rank comments: ST. MARY PEAK B EXTENSIVE POPULATION IN GOOD CONDITION, POPULATION ON SILVERTHORN CREEK ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN CLEAR-CUTS. County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: SAINT MARY PEAK VICTOR Township: 009N Range: 021W Section: 26 Precision: S Township-range comments: SW4 , SE4NE4 , 25NW4 , 35NW4NW4 Survey date: First observation: Last observation: 1991-08-28 1965 1991-08-28 Elevation: 6900 Slope/aspect: 10-40 Size (acres) : 60 / EAST, SOUTH »ocation : 2 MILES SE OF ST. MARY PEAK (BITTERROOT RANGE) , ON SLOPES NORTH OF THE OUTHOUSE, AND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TRAIL FOR CA . THE FIRST 0.5 MILE. ALSO JUST NORTH OF ROAD AFTER IT PASSES OVER SILVERTHORN CREEK. Element occurrence data: 1991: CA. 88 STEMS IN ST. MARY PEAK SUBPOPULATION , AND 23 PLANTS IN SILVERTHORN CREEK SUBPOPULATIONS . 1965: ONE PLANT IN FLOWER. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA HABITAT TYPE. OLD (175 YEARS) PINUS CONTORTA DOMINATED FOREST WITH: PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII (OLD) , ABIES LASIOCARPA (SEEDLINGS AND SAPLING AGED), MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX, HEDYSARUM OCCIDENTALE AND GOODYERA OBLONGIFOLIA. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT Comments: VERY FEW ALLOTROPA VIRGATA PLANTS PER ACRE. VOUCHER - STICKNEY, P. F, (100B) , 1965, (MRC) . Information source: ROE, LISA S. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. (485, 486). 1991. MONT. Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virqata 19 Tccurrence number: 006 Global rank: State rank: G4 SI Forest Service status: SENSITIVE Federal Status: Survey site name: NELSON CREEK RIDGE EO rank: B EO rank comments: POPULATION IS NOT LARGE. County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: BOULDER PEAK Township: 001N Range: 022W Section: 21 Township-range comments: SW4 Precision: S Survey date: First observation: Last observation: 1991-08-31 Elevation: 7680 1975 Slope/aspect: 25-30 % / ESE 1991-08-31 Size (acres) : 3 Location : BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS, NELSON CREEK RIDGE, 4 MILES WEST OF WEST FORK RANGER STATION. Rlement occurrence data: 1991: 25 STEMS IN 5 CLUMPS. 1975: ONE PLANT, IN FRUIT. General site description: LODGEPOLE PINE FOREST ON SOUTH-FACING SLOPE, ABLA/XETE HABITAT TYPE, WITH PINUS CONTORTA, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX, PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, HIERACIUM ALBIFLORUM AND CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA. ABIES LASIOCARPA SEEDLINGS AND SAPLINGS. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, WEST FORK RANGER DISTRICT Comments : STEVE ARNO'S ORIGINAL LOCATION WAS GIVEN AS 7000 FEET. PLANTS WERE NOT LOCATED AT THIS ELEVATION; SITE WAS PROBABLY HIGHER. VOUCHER - ARNO , S.F. (1324) , 1975, (MRC) . Information source: ROE, LISA S. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. (487). 1991. MONT. Element Occurrence Record 20 Allotropa virgata occurrence number: 007 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: BOULDER POINT EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: BOULDER PEAK Township: 001N Range: 022W Section: 14 Precision: M Township-range comments: Survey date: Elevation: 7000 First observation: 1975 Slope/aspect: Last observation: 1975-09-11 Size (acres) : Location : BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS, BOULDER POINT. Plement occurrence data: 3 PLANTS; IN FRUIT. General site description: LODGEPOLE PINE FOREST ON SOUTH-FACING SLOPE. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, WEST FORK RANGER DISTRICT Comments : POPULATION WAS NOT RELOCATED DURING SURVEY WORK IN 1991. (LISA S. ROE) . Information source: ARNO, S. (1327). 1975. MRC . Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virgata 21 occurrence number: 00! Global rank: State rank: G4 SI Survey site name: EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: Forest Service status: Federal Status: YELLOWSTONE CAMP GIRD POINT BALD TOP MOUNTAIN SENSITIVE Precision : Township: 004N Range: 019W Section: 03 Township-range comments: SE4 , 2SW4 , 11NW4NW4 , 10NE4NE4 Survey date: First observation: 1980 WNW, SOUTH, WEST Last observation: 1991-12-27 Elevation: 6680 Slope/aspect: 20-50% / Size (acres) : 100 Location : t SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS, CA . 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMILTON. TAKE SLEEPING ™ CHILD ROAD TO FS RD #720, THEN TRAVEL NORTHEAST CA . 7 MILES. SITE IS ON EITHER SIDE OF ROAD. Element occurrence data: 1991: 405 CLUSTERS WITH 1469 DEAD STEMS AND 765 CURRENT YEAR STEMS (PAST FRUITING). 1980: IN FLOWER. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM HABITAT TYPE; WITH PINUS CONTORTA (DOMINANT TREE COVER), VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, HIERACIUM ALBIFLORUM, PYROLA PICTA, MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA AND CAREX SPP. 50% TREE COVER, 60% SHRUB COVER, 20% EACH FORB AND MOSS/LICHEN COVER. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, DARBY RANGER DISTRICT Comments : 1991 SURVEY BY LINDA PIETARINEN AND ROBIN MATTHEWS, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST. VOUCHER- ARNO, S. (1361), 1980, MRC . Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH THIRD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 59840. Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virqata 22 recurrence number: 009 Global rank: State rank: G4 SI Forest Service status Federal Status SENSITIVE Survey site name: WILLIAMS GULCH (BAGDAD) EO rank: B EO rank comments: SERAL STAND, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF PAST LOGGING, GRAZING, ETC. County: GRANITE USGS quadrangle: STONY CREEK Township: 007N Range: 017W Section: 14 Township-range comments: NE4NE4 Precision : Survey date: First observation: 1989 Last observation: 1989-07-12 Elevation: 6300 Slope/aspect: 7% / EAST Size (acres) : 1 Location: SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS; CA . 18 AIR MILES WEST OF PHILIPSBURG, ALONG RIDGE k ABOVE WILLIAMS GULCH. Element occurrence data: TWO FLOWERING STEMS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, AND TWO DRIED STEMS FROM LAST YEAR. General site description: SHOULDER OF HILL; PINUS CONTORTA STAND IN ABIES LASIOCARPA HABITAT TYPE, WITH VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, HYPOPITYS MONOTROPA, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, HEDYSARUM OCCIDENTALE. Land owner/manager: LOLO NATIONAL FOREST, MISSOULA RANGER DISTRICT Comments : VOUCHER - KRATZ, A. (89071201), 1989, MRC . Information source: KRATZ, A. LOLO NATIONAL FOREST, BUILDING 24, FORT MISSOULA, MISSOULA, MT 59801. Element Occurrence Record 23 Allotropa virgata occurrence number: 010 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: SMITH CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: VICTOR Township: 008N Range: 021W Section: 17 Precision: S Township-range comments: N2SE4 Survey date: Elevation: 6700 First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 40%/EAST Last observation: 1988-08-08 Size (acres) : 0 Location: CA. 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF VICTOR, NORTH OF SMITH CREEK. Plement occurrence data: TWO STEMS AND PERHAPS MORE (1988). General site description: GROWING UNDER AN OLD, VERY LARGE DOUGLAS FIR. SUBALPINE FIR/BEARGRASS-HUCKLEBERRY HABITAT TYPE. IDAHO BATHOLITH GRANITE. SOIL: TYPIC CRYORTHENTS, SANDY-SKELETAL, MIXED WITH AN ACID LOAM SURFACE, WELL DRAINED. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT Comments : MAP MARKS EXACT LOCATION, LABEL DESCRIPTION INCLUDES 3 QUARTER SECTIONS. Information source: MCBRIDE, KEN, BITTERROOT N.F., 316 NORTH 3RD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 59840. (S.N.) . 1988. MRC . Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virgata 24 Tccurrence number: Oil Global rank: G4 State rank: SI Forest Service status: SENSITIVE Federal Status: Survey site name: GASH POINT EO rank: B EO rank comments: 1991: REMOTE LOCATION, SECOND SUBPOPULATION LARGER. 1990: SINGLE PLANT LOCATED ALONG TRAIL; MAY BE DISTURBED. County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: GASH POINT Township: 008N Range: 021W Section: 30 Precision: S Township-range comments: NE4SE4 ;T8NR22W, 25NE4SE4 Survey date: First observation: Last observation: 1991-08-29 1990 1991-08-29 Elevation: 6280 Slope/aspect: 40-50 Size (acres) : 1 / SOUTHWEST Location : k TAKE GASH CREEK ROAD # 7 37 TO ROAD | 13101. FOLLOW THIS TO LAST " SWITCHBACK BEFORE ROAD ENDS; TRAIL BEGINS HERE. FOLLOW TRAIL FOR CA . 0.7 5 MILE; PLANT IS LOCATED AT TOP OF LAST SWITCHBACK. OTHER SUBPOPULATION IS LOCATED ON RIDGE TO THE SOUTH. Element occurrence data: 1991: TWO SUBPOPULATIONS; 4 2 STEMS AT SOUTH SITE, 3 STEMS AT NORTH SITE. 1990: GROWTH WAS SHORT, CONSISTING ONLY OF FLOWERING STEM. SINGLE PLANT OBSERVED. General site description: ABILAS/XERTEN/VACSCO HABITAT TYPE, WITH VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, PENSTEMON SP. Land owner/manager: SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS AREA BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT Comments : LOW-USE TRAIL. Information source: ROE, LISA S. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virgata 25 iccurrence number: 012 Global rank: G4 State rank: SI Forest Service status: Federal Status: SENSITIVE Survey site name: EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: BUCK CREEK C SINGLE PLANT, OCCURRING BESIDE TRAIL. LICK CREEK Township: 002N Range: 016W Section: 30 Township-range comments: NE4NE4 Precision : Survey date: First observation: Last observation: 1990-09-05 Elevation: 6020 1990 Slope/aspect: 15-35% / WEST 1990-09-05 Size (acres) : Location: AT SULA, TAKE EAST FORK BITTERROOT RIVER TURNOFF PAST SULA TO END OF ROAD. TAKE EAST FORK TRAILHEAD ENTRANCE TO THE ANACONDA-PINTLAR | WILDERNESS. FOLLOW MAIN TRAIL EAST 4 MILES TO LARGE CAMPSITE. GO UP " BUCK CREEK TRAIL CA . 0.5-0.75 MILE TO FORESTED KNOLL. Element occurrence data: ONE PLANT FOUND, CA . 8" TALL, IN FRUIT. General site description: TOP OF KNOLL ON A DRY, WEST-FACING SLOPE. AREA MAY HAVE BEEN BURNED. PINUS CONTORTA IS DOMINANT OVERSTORY SPECIES, WITH PICEA ENGELMANNII AND ABIES LASIOCARPA. VACCINIUM GLOBULARE IS DOMINANT UNDERSTORY. Land owner/manager: ANACONDA-PINTLAR WILDERNESS AREA BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, SULA RANGER DISTRICT Comments : NONE. Information source: MCBRIDE, KEN. SENSITIVE PLANT PROGRAM COORDINATOR, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH THIRD ST., HAMILTON, MT 59840. Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virqata 26 occurrence number: 013 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: State rank: SI Federal Status Survey site name: SLEEPING CHILD CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: BALD TOP MOUNTAIN Township: 003N Range: 019W Section: 12 Township-range comments: E2SW4 SENSITIVE Precision: S Survey date: First observation: Last observation: 1990-08-23 Elevation: 6720 1990 Slope/aspect: 5-25% / S, SW, W, NW 1990-08-23 Size (acres) : 20 Location: CA. 13 AIR MILES EAST OF DARBY. FROM RYE CREEK (SOUTHWEST OF DARBY) TAKE F.S. ROAD #715 TO DIVIDE BETWEEN RYE CREEK DRAINAGE AND SLEEPING k CHILD CREEK DRAINAGE. ROAD #715 THEN FOLLOWS NEAR RIDGE TO SOUTHEAST. " GO CA. 2-2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST. Element occurrence data: 69 CLUSTERS: 14 5 LIVE STEMS, 225 DEAD STEMS. MOSTLY SETTING FRUIT, A FEW FLOWERING, SOME PAST SEED DISPERSAL. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA AND PINUS CONTORTA OVER OPEN VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM UNDERSTORY. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX, PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, CAREX CONCINNA, MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA, AND HEAVY LICHEN GROUND COVER. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, DARBY RANGER DISTRICT Comments : NONE. Information source: SHELLY, STEVE. USFS/TNC (RAWE) P.O. BOX 7669, MISSOULA, MT 59807 (1626) . 1990. Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virgata 27 Jccurrence number: 014 Global rank: State rank: G4 SI Forest Service status: Federal Status: SENSITIVE Survey site name: SLEEPING CHILD CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: BALD TOP MOUNTAIN Township: 004N Range: 019W Section: 33 Precision: S Township-range comments: SW4SE4, SE4SW4, SW4SW4 ; T3NR19W S4 , NW4NE4 Survey date: First observation: Last observation: 1991-09-04 Elevation: 6200 1990 Slope/aspect: 15-30% / W, SE 1991-09-04 Size (acres) : 18 Location: SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS; CA . 11 AIR MILES NORTHEAST OF DARBY. SLEEPING CHILD CREEK DRAINAGE, SLOPES ABOVE (WEST OF) F.S. ROAD #1392, CA . 5 fc MILES FROM JUNCTION WITH ROAD #273. Element occurrence data: 1991: MAIN POPULATION, 31 CLUSTERS, 146 STEMS (60 LIVE, 86 DEAD); SOME CLUSTERS MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED DURING THIS SURVEY. 1990: 108 CLUSTERS: 183 LIVE STEMS, 327 DEAD IN MAIN POPULATION. SOUTHERN SUBPOPULATION WAS NOT COUNTED, "NUMEROUS". WESTERN SUBPOPULATION HAD 20 CLUSTERS: 42 LIVE STEMS, 68 DEAD STEMS. LATE FLOWERING/FRUITING. General site description: GRANITE BEDROCK, SOILS GRAVELLY TO LOAMY. ABIES LASIOCARPA HABITAT TYPE AND PINUS CONTORTA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, CHIMAPHILA MENZIESII, PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, HIERACIUM ALBIFLORUM, PTEROSPORA ANDROMEDEA, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, VACCINIUM MEMBRANACEUM, VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA, CAREX CONCINNOIDES. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, DARBY RANGER DISTRICT Comments : FOREST STILL INTACT, BUT NEW ROAD TRAVERSES SITE. Information source: ROE, LISA S. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE, ^ HELENA, MT 59620. Element Occurrence Record 28 Allotropa virqata ^currence number: 015 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: SLEEPING CHILD CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: BALD TOP MOUNTAIN Township: 004N Range: 019W Section: 29 Precision: S Township-range comments: NW4SW4, NW4SE4, SE4NE4 Survey date: 1990-08-16 Elevation: 6000 First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 20-30% / N, NW, WNW Last observation: 1991-09-03 Size (acres) : 20 Location: SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS; CA. 10 AIR MILES NORTHEAST OF DARBY. FROM BRIDGE OVER SLEEPING CHILD CREEK GO CA. 12 MILES ON F.S. ROAD £273. TURN LEFT ^ ONTO ROAD #1392 AND GO CA . 1 MILE TO 4TH MAJOR RIGHTHAND CURVE AROUND P A LATERAL RIDGELINE. SITE IS ABOVE AND BELOW ROAD ON A NORTHWEST EXPOSURE WITH FAIRLY OPEN CANOPY. Element occurrence data: 1991: MAIN POPULATION ABOVE ROAD; 10 CLUSTERS WITH 43 STEMS (7 LIVE, 36 DEAD), BELOW ROAD 10 CLUSTERS WITH 41 STEMS (5 LIVE, 36 DEAD). SEVERAL SITES WERE FLAGGED BUT NO PLANTS WERE LOCATED. 1990: 58+ PLANTS (165 STEMS) IN THE MAIN POPULATION. SUBPOPULATION CA . 0.5 MILE SOUTHWEST HAS 4 PLANTS (6 STEMS). SUBPOPULATION CA . 0.2 5 MILE EAST HAS 1 PLANT (2 FRESH STEMS, 4 DEAD) . General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA HABITAT TYPE AND SERAL STAND OF PINUS CONTORTA . ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PINUS CONTORTA, ABIES LASIOCARPA, MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA, AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX, SEDUM LANCEOLATUM, ANTENNARIA RACEMOSA, CAREX CONCINNA, PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, PEDICULARIS RACEMOSA, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, CALAMAGROSTIS TWEEDYI, GOODYERA OBLONGIFOLIA, LONICERA UTAHENSIS, CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, PYROLA ASARIFOLIA. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, DARBY RANGER DISTRICT Comments : •VOUCHER-KRATZ , ANDREW, (900816001), 1990, MRC AND MONTU . CALAMAGROSTIS TWEEDYI CO-OCCURS ON SITE. Information source: ROE, LISA S. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. Element Occurrence Record 29 Allotropa virqata Occurrence number: 016 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: SLEEPING CHILD CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: BALD TOP MOUNTAIN Township: 004N Range: 019W Section: 20 Precision: S Township-range comments: SW4NW4 Survey date: 1990-08-14 Elevation: 6400 First observation: 1990 Slope/aspect: 20-30% / NORTHWEST Last observation: 1990-08-14 Size (acres) : 0 Location: SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS; CA . 10 AIR MILES NORTHEAST OF DARBY. FROM BRIDGE OVER SLEEPING CHILD CREEK GO CA. 10 MILES ON F.S. ROAD #273 TO WHERE | THE ROAD CROSSES OVER A RIDGELINE. TAKE SIDE ROAD EASTWARD ALONG ™ RIDGE. FOLLOW RIDGE ON FOOT EAST THEN NORTH AND DROP OFF ONTO NORTHWEST-FACING SLOPE. Element occurrence data: 21 LIVE STEMS (ONE COLLECTED) REPRESENTING 5-6 INDIVIDUALS; 8 OTHER DEAD STEMS REPRESENTING 3 ADDITIONAL PLANTS. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA HABITAT TYPE AND PINUS CONTORTA OVERSTORY WITH SOME PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA, VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, PYROLA ASARIFOLIA, SALIX SCOULERIANA, CAREX GEYERI , HYPOPITYS MONOTROPA, GOODYERA OBLONGIFOLIA, CALAMAGROSTIS TWEEDYI, CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX, LUPINUS SPP., HIERACIUM SPP., ARNICA LATIFOLIA, PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, PEDICULARIS RACEMOSA, VIOLA ORBICULATA. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, DARBY RANGER DISTRICT Comments : VOUCHERS -KRATZ, ANDREW, (900814002), 1990, MRC AND MONTU . CALAMAGROSTIS TWEEDYI CO-OCCURS ON SITE (WITHIN ONE METER OF ALLOTROPA VIRGATA) . information source: W LOSENSKY, JACK. USFS, LOLO NATIONAL FOREST, BLDG 24, FORT MISSOULA, MISSOULA, MT 59801. (406) 329-3819. Element Occurrence Record 30 Allotropa virgata Occurrence number: 017 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: SANDSTONE RIDGE EO rank: B EO rank comments: ADJACENT AREAS TO BE LOGGED IN 1991-1992. County: GRANITE USGS quadrangle: ALDER GULCH Township: 009N Range: 016W Section: 36 Precision: S Township-range comments: SE4 , 31SW4 ;T8NR15W: 6NW4 Survey date: 1991-10-09 Elevation: 6640 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 0-30%/E, NE Last observation: 91-10-09 Size (acres) : 45 Location: FROM PHILIPSBURG, TAKE HWY 348 WEST 11 MILES TO WILLOW CREEK TURN fe NORTH ON FS RD # 88; AFTER 4 MILES, TAKE A LEFT ON MINERS CREEK RD ( FS ™ RD# 5156), THEN RIGHT AFTER 1 MILE ONTO FS RD# 4325. TRAVEL CA . 6 MILES NORTH AND TURN LEFT ON UNMARKED LOGGING RD . SITES ARE CA . 1.5 MILES UP THIS ROAD. Element occurrence data: CA. 290 STEMS IN 4 MAIN SUBPOPULATIONS . General site description: OLDER LODGEPOLE PINE DOMINATED FORESTS ( ABILAS/XERTEN/VACSCO HABITAT TYPE), WITH SPARSE UNDERSTORY. PINUS PONDEROSA (CA. 180 YEARS OLD). ABIES LASIOCARPA (,20 YRS . OLD), PINUS ALBICAULIS, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX , CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, GOODYERA OBLONGIFOLIA . Land owner/manager: DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, PHILIPSBURG RANGER DISTRICT Comments : THREE OF THE SUBPOPULATIONS ARE IN TIMBER SALE UNITS, DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST HAS BEEN INFORMED. Information source: ROE, LISA S. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 E. SIXTH AVE., HELENA, MT 59601. Element Occurrence Record 31 Allotropa virgata recurrence number: 018 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: TOLAN CREEK EO rank: C EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION; SURROUNDING AREA PLANNED FOR CLEAR-CUT. County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: SCHULTZ SADDLE Township: 001S Range: 018W Section: 4 Precision: S Township-range comments: NW4 Survey date: 1991-09-04 Elevation: 6400 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 20-30/ NE Last observation: 91-09-04 Size (acres) : 1 Location: ANACONDA RANGE, TOLAN CREEK. FROM SULA, TRAVEL EAST ON STATE HWY 472 6 fc MILES, THEN SOUTH ON MINK CREEK (FS RD # 5753) CA . 8.5 MILES, THEN w SOUTH ON FS RD #5740 CA. 5 MILES. SITE IS ABOVE ROAD AFTER SWITCHBACK ON NORTHEAST-FACING SLOPE. Element occurrence data: 14 PLANTS. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM GLOBULARE HABITAT TYPE. PINUS CONTORTA DOMINANT TREE SPECIES (156 YRS . OLD), WITH VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX AND PEDICULARIS CONTORTA. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, SULA RANGER DISTRICT Comments : ECODATA PLOT 03 3C91ROE05. Information source: ROE, LISA S., MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virqata 32 rccurrence number: 019 Global rank: State rank: G4 SI Survey site name: EO rank: EO rank comments: Forest Service status: Federal Status: ROMBO CREEK SENSITIVE County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: PIQUETT CREEK PIQUETT MOUNTAIN Township: 001S Range: 021W Section: 17 Precision: Township-range comments: SW4NW4 ,NW4SW4, 18N2NE4 , SE4NE4 , 7S2SE4 Survey date: First observation: Last observation: 1991 1991-09-1! Elevation: 6440 Slope/aspect: 30% / NORTHWEST Size (acres) : 150 Location : BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS. TAKE THE WEST FORK BITTERROOT RIVER ROAD TO FS ^ RD ^5715 (CA. 2 MILES SOUTH OF ROMBO CEMETERY) , AND TRAVEL ENE ON THIS W ROAD FOR CA. 4 MILES; TURN RIGHT ON FS RD #5715A AND TRAVEL CA . 1.5 MILES. SITE IS ABOVE AND BELOW ROAD. Element occurrence data: 9/91: 187 CLUSTERS, 770 DEAD STEMS, 461 LIVE STEMS; 8/91 FLOWERING, 30% FRUITING. 70% General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM GLOBULARE HABITAT TYPE. PINUS CONTORTA (MAJOR TREE SPECIES), WITH PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PINUS ALBICAULIS, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, CAREX GEYERI, ARENARIA MACROPHYLLA, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS AND SPIRAEA SPP. 50% TREE COVER, 60% SHRUB COVER, 20% FORB COVER, AND 10% MOSS/LICHEN COVER; IN GRANITIC SOILS, IN PARTIAL SHADE. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, WEST FORK RANGER DISTRICT Comments : SURVEY BY LINDA PIETARINEN AND ROBIN MATTHEWS. VOUCHER-PIETARINEN (014) , 1991. Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH THIRD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 5984 0. Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virgata 33 Occurrence number: 020 Global rank: State rank: G4 Forest Service status: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: EO rank: EO rank comments: SENSITIVE ELK CREEK County: BEAVERHEAD USGS_ quadrangle: ELK CREEK Township: 002S Range: 018W Section: 3 Township-range comments: N2 , W2 , 4E2 , 34S2 Precision : Survey date: First observation: Last observation: Elevation: 6900 1991 Slope/aspect: 34% / SOUTHWEST 1991-06-20 Size (acres) : 316 Location : ANACONDA RANGE. TAKE HWY #43 WEST FROM WISDOM CA . 17 MILES TO TRAIL CREEK ROAD; TURN NORTH AND TRAVEL CA . 1.75 MILES TO ELK CREEK. SITE IS fe CA. 1 MILE UP ELK CREEK ( FS RD #1297) , NORTH AND EAST OF ROAD. Element occurrence data: 1991: 150 LIVE STEMS, 500 DEAD STEMS; 30% FLOWERING, 70% VEGETATIVE; SOME BROWSING. General site description: PINUS CONTORTA/VACCINIUM CESPITOSUM HABITAT TYPE; WITH PINUS ALBICAULIS, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, CAREX GEYERI, CAREX CONCINNOIDES , FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM, FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA, PHLOX LONGIFOLIA AND ARENARIA RUBELLA; 30% TREE COVER, 20% SHRUB COVER, 30% BARE GROUND, AND 10% EACH GRAMINOID AND FORB COVER; IN COLLUVIAL SOILS, AND IN PARTIAL SHADE. Land owner/manager: BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISDOM RANGER DISTRICT Comments : ECODATA PLOT #023I91Q006. ADDITIONAL SURVEYORS INCLUDE JEFF JONES, QUINN CARVER, AND DIANE WILLIFORD, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST. Information source: SHELLY, J. STEPHEN, 59807. USFS REGION 1, RAWE, P.O. BOX 7669, MISSOULA, MT Element Occurrence Record 34 Allotropa virqata Occurrence number: 021 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: RAT CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: BEAVERHEAD USGS quadrangle: ELK CREEK Township: 001S Range: 018W Section: 29 Precision: S Township-range comments: NE4,SE4,NW4NW4, 2 0SW4SE4 , 2 1SW4 , 2 8W2W2 , 3 3W2W2, 32NE4 . Survey date: Elevation: 7200 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 15% / SOUTHEAST Last observation: 1991-06-22 Size (acres) : 720 Location: ANACONDA RANGE. TAKE HWY #4 3 WEST FROM WISDOM CA . 17 MILES TO TRAIL CREEK ROAD; TURN NORTH FOR 5.8 MILES TO FS RD #12 69. FOLLOW THIS ROAD » UNTIL IT MEETS FS RD #1210, AND THEN UNTIL IT MEETS FS RD #1268. SITE IS NORTH AND WEST OF ROAD. Element occurrence data: 1991: CA. 200 LIVE STEMS AND 600 DEAD STEMS. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM HABITAT TYPE; WITH PINUS CONTORTA (DOMINANT TREE SPECIE, AGE CA. 190 YEARS) , PINUS ALBICAULIS, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, RIBES AMERICANUM, EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM, AND HIERACIUM ALBIFLORUM; OPEN TO PARTIAL SHADE. Land owner/manager: BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISDOM RANGER DISTRICT Comments : SURVEY BY QUINN CARVER, DIANE WILLIFORD AND HEATHER WAGNER. ECODATA PLOT #'S 023I91Q002, 003 AND 004. Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, 610 NORTH MONTANA STREET, DILLON, MT 59725. Element Occurrence Record 35 Allotropa virgata Occurrence number: 022 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: HOGANS GUARD STATION EO rank: EO rank comments: County: BEAVERHEAD USGS quadrangle: LOST TRAIL PASS Township: 001S Range: 019W Section: 36 Precision: S Township-range comments: N2 , 25SW4SE4 . Survey date: Elevation: 6800 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 20% / EAST Last observation: 1991-06-23 Size (acres) : 23 Location : FROM WISDOM, TAKE HWY #43 WEST FOR 17.3 MILES TO TRAIL CREEK; GO 5 . 3 MILES UP TO FS RD #106 TO HOGAN GUARD STATION. FOLLOW ROAD PAST CABIN fc TO FORK AND TAKE FIRST LEFT. SITE IS CA . 0.25 MILE SSW OF GUARD W STATION. Element occurrence data: 1991: 26 LIVE STEMS, 30 DEAD STEMS; 100% FLOWERING; HEAVILY BROWSED. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM HABITAT TYPE; WITH PINUS CONTORTA (DOMINANT TREE SPECIE, CA. 190 YEARS OLD), PINUS ALBICAULIS, PICEA ENGELMANNII, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS, HIERACIUM ALBIFLORUM AND CAREX GEYERI ; 30% TREE COVER, 20% SHRUB COVER, 4 0% BARE GROUND; IN PARTIAL SHADE. Land owner/manager: BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISDOM RANGER DISTRICT Comments : SURVEYED BY QUINN CARVER AND DIANE WILLIFORD. ECODATA PLOT #023I91Q001. Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, 610 NORTH MONTANA STREET, DILLON, MT 59725. Element Occurrence Record 3 6 Allotropa virgata Occurrence number: 02 3 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: PRAIRIE CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: BEAVERHEAD USGS quadrangle: LOST TRAIL PASS Township: 001S Range: 019W Section: 13 Precision: S Township-range comments: SE4 Survey date: Elevation: 7300 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 16% / SOUTH Last observation: 1991-06-22 Size (acres) : 40 Location: ANACONDA RANGE, CA. 1.2 5 MILES EAST OF GIBBONS PASS. FROM WISDOM, TRAVEL WEST 17.3 MILES ON HWY #43 TO TRAIL CREEK (FS RD =106.3), THEN » TRAVEL NORTHWEST ON THIS ROAD CA . 5 MILES; TURN RIGHT (NNE) ON FS RD #1269 FOR 1 MILE, THEN TAKE FS RD #7370 TO ITS END AND HIKE WEST. Element occurrence data: 1991: 20 LIVE STEMS, 30 DEAD STEMS; 80% FLOWERING AND 20% FRUITING. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM HABITAT TYPE; WITH PINUS CONTORTA (DOMINANT TREE COVER, CA . 270 YEARS OLD) , PICEA ENGELMANNII, PINUS ALBICAULIS, CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, CAREX GEYERI, CAREX CONCINNOIDES AND PYROLA PICTA; 50% TREE COVER, 60% SHRUB COVER, 25% BARE GROUND, 10% FORB COVER, AND A TRACE GRAMINOID COVER. Land owner/manager: BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISDOM RANGER DISTRICT Comments : SURVEYED BY QUINN CARVER AND DIANE WILLIFORD. ECODATA PLOT =023I91Q005. Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, 610 NORTH MONTANA STREET, DILLON, MT 59725. Element Occurrence Record 37 Allotropa virgata Occurrence number: 024 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: SAINT MARY PEAK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: SAINT MARY PEAK Township: 010N Range: 020W Section: 19 Precision: S Township-range comments: NW4SW4 ;T9NR21W: 24NE4SE4 . Survey date: Elevation: 6480 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 30% / SSE Last observation: 1991-08-22 Size (acres) : 40 Location: BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS. FROM FLORENCE, TAKE HWY 9 3 SOUTH 4 MILES TO COUNTY ROAD #22. GO WEST CA. 2 MILES, THEN TAKE FS RD #1136; TURN fe NORTH ON FS RD #62007 FOR CA . 1 MILE, SITE IS ABOVE ROAD. Element occurrence data: 1991: 8 CLUSTERS, 29 DEAD STEMS, 16 LIVE STEMS; 100% IN FRUIT; SOME PREDATION. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM GLOBULARE HABITAT TYPE; WITH PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII (DOMINANT TREE SPECIE) , PINUS CONTORTA, PINUS ALBICAULIS, SPIRAEA SPP., HEDYSARUM OCCIDENTALE, ARNICA CORDIFOLIA, PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS ; 30% TREE AND SHRUB COVER, 10% FORB COVER; IN PARTIAL SHADE. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT Comments : SURVEYED BY LINDA PIETARINEN AND ROBIN MATTHEWS, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT, ECODATA PLOT #031C91P005. Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH THIRD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 59840. Element Occurrence Record 38 Allotropa virqata Occurrence number: 025 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: GLEN LAKE TRAIL EO rank: EO rank comments : County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: GASH POINT, MT-ID Township: 008N Range: 021W Section: 20 Precision: S Township-range comments: SE4NW4 Survey date: Elevation: 6720 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 10% / EAST Last observation: 1991-08-26 Size (acres) : 10 Location : BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS, CA . 5 MILES NNW OF VICTOR. FROM VICTOR, TAKE COUNTY ROAD #42 FOR CA . 3 MILES NORTH AND WEST; TURN RIGHT (NNW) ON FS »RD #738 FOR 1.25 MILES, THEN LEFT (SSW) ON FS RD #1321 TO GLEN LAKE TRAIL HEAD. WALK UP TRAIL CA . 0.12 MILE, PLANTS ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF TRAIL. Element occurrence data: 1991: 30 CLUSTERS, CA. 100 STEMS. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX HABITAT TYPE; WITH PINUS CONTORTA (DOMINANT TREE SPECIE, 90+ YEARS OLD), PINUS ALBICAULIS, VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, CAREX GEYERI , PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, HIERACIUM ALBICAULIS, GOODYERA OBLONGIFOLIA, HEDYSARUM OCCIDENTALE; 50% TREE COVER, 40% SHRUB COVER, 20% FORB COVER, TRACE MOSS/LICHEN COVER AND GRAMINOID COVER; IN PARTIAL SHADE. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT Comments : SURVEY BY DEDE MONTIGNY, ODEGARD, AND BOYNE, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST. ECODATA PLOT #031C91P007 BY LINDA PIETARINEN, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT. Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH THIRD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 59840. Element Occurrence Record 39 Allotropa virgata Occurrence number: 026 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: TOLAN CREEK EO rank: EO rank comments: County : RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: SCHULTZ SADDLE Township: 001N Range: 018W Section: 27 Precision: S Township-range comments: SW4NW4 , 28SE4NE4 . Survey date: Elevation: 6400 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 35% / NNW Last observation: 1991-08-21 Size (acres) : 40 Location: ANACONDA RANGE, TOLAN CREEK. FROM SULA, TRAVEL 6 MILES EAST ON STATE HWY 3472, THEN SOUTH ON MINK CREEK (FS RD 35753) CA . 8.5 MILES, AND | FINALLY SOUTH ON FS RD 3574 0 CA. 3 MILES. SITE IS ABOVE ROAD. Element occurrence data: 1991: 27 CLUMPS, 104 DEAD STEMS, 17 LIVE (IN FRUIT). EVIDENCE OF BROWSING. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM/CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS HABITAT TYPE; IN PARTIAL SHADE, WITH MATURE PINUS CONTORTA, LONICERA UTAHENSIS, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX AND CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA; 4 0% TREE COVER, 70% SHRUB COVER, 10% EACH FORB AND GRASS COVER; GRANITIC PARENT MATERIAL; LOTS OF DOWNFALL PRESENT. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, SULA RANGER DISTRICT Comments : SURVEYED BY LINDA PIETARINEN AND ROBIN MATTHEWS, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST. ECODATA PLOT #033091P004. Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH THIRD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 59840. Element Occurrence Record Allotropa virgata 40 occurrence number: 027 Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: State rank: SI Federal Status: Survey site name: BEAR CREEK OVERLOOK EO rank: EO rank comments: County: RAVALLI USGS quadrangle: GASH POINT Township: 007N Range: 022W Section: 1 Township-range comments: SW4NE4 SENSITIVE Precision Survey date: First observation: Last observation: 1991-08-29 Elevation: 6840 1991 Slope/aspect: 40% / NORTHEAST 1991-08-29 Size (acres) : 1 Location : FROM VICTOR, TAKE COUNTY ROAD #42 NORTH AND WEST CA . 5 MILES TO FS RD #739. FOLLOW SWITCHBACKS UP FOR CA . 6 MILES TO SILVERTHORN CREEK. SITE k IS JUST NORTH OF ROAD END. Element occurrence data: CA. 5 PLANTS, EACH WITH 1-6 STEMS. General site description: ABIES LASIOCARPA/XEROPHYLLUM TENAX/VACCINIUM GLOBULARE HABITAT TYPE. IN WELL-DRAINED GRANITIC SOILS, ON MODERATELY STEEP SLOPE, BENEATH MATURE ABIES LASIOCARPA, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PINUS ALBICAULIS, PICEA ENGELMANNII AND A FEW PINUS CONTORTA TREES. ASSOCIATED SPECIES INCLUDE VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM, VACCINIUM GLOBULARE, XEROPHYLLUM TENAX , CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA, CHIMAPHILA MENZIESII, SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA AND GOODYERA OBLONGIFOLIA. 50% TREE COVER, 20-30% SHRUB COVER, 10% FORB COVER, 5% MOSS/LICHEN COVER, AND LESS THAN 5% GRAMINOID AND BARE-GROUND COVER. Land owner/manager: BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT Comments : ADDITIONAL SURVEYORS INCLUDE MIKE BARTON, JOHN BOYNE AND CRAIG ODEGARD. DETAILED SURVEY NOT COMPLETE. Information source: JANET JOHNSON, BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, 316 NORTH THIRD STREET, HAMILTON, MT 59840. MONTANA STATE This "cover9' page added by the Internet Archive for formatting purposes