Helodium blandowii (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Warnst.

Washington: Yakima County: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Naches Ranger District, Conrad Meadows. From southeastern corner of Rimrock Lake, take 1000 road to its gated end within private land (within T12N R12E sec 23; follow local trails SW about 200 m to reach edge of meadow. Elev. 4061 ft.
UTM Zone 10, 631595E, 5151137N; NW 1/4, T12N R12E WM, Sec.26.
Datum: NAD 83.
Habitat: this is a sprawling groundwater-rich wetland system consisting of a long (1000+m) main meadow occupying a moderate, SE aspect slope situated above an often side, meandering perennial creek, and adjacent, detached, much smaller, very low-relief wetland on the eastern side of the creek. The main meadow features numerous small areas of seasonal groundwater discharge, and multiple areas of persistent groundwater discharge. The detached wetland on the eastern side of the perennial creek appears to occupy the single largest area of persistent groundwater discharge within the wetland system, with robust groundwater discharge occurring all along the NE quadrant of its perimeter. This wetland has a small, apparently perennial surface outflow into the adjacent perennial creek. Wetland is actively grazed by cattle and the microtopography of the soil surface within is generally wet-damp-soiled system reflect this in the extensive occurrence of hoof pits and mini-pedestals. ¶Associated Species: lichen/moss layer: CACU18, MAPO16; herb layer: ELQU2, CAUT, CACU5; shrub layer: SALIX. ¶ Location Notes: patches of HEBL2 were detected over a nearly 90m swath in the fen-meadow on the east side of Tieton River. Not all suitable habitat on FS land with the meadow was explored; several occurrences of this species were detected on private lands within meadow.

Rick Dewey RD083115-1724, Aug 31, 2015
WTU, Barcode: WTU-B-079573