January 24, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: TOWNSENDIA SPATHULATA 

 Common Name: SWORD TOWNSENDIA 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDAST9C0M0 . 001 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: MEETEETSE SPIRES 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: 



County: CARBON 



USGS quadrangle: TOLMAN FLAT 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S 020E 35 26 N2N2 ; 23 SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1986-06-24 Elevation: 6200 - 



First observation: 1984 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1986-06-24 Size (acres) : 50 



Location: 



TAKE HWY 3 08 FROM RED LODGE ABOUT 5 MILES TO JUST PAST STRIP MINE. 

 FOLLOW UNIMPROVED ROAD SOUTH OF HIGHWAY ABOUT 6 MILES TO NORTH FORK OF 

 GROVE CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



EST. 51-100 PLANTS, IN 4 SMALL SPARSE SUBPOPULATIONS ; SEED DISPERSING; 

 NO EVIDENCE OF DISTURBANCE. 



General site description: 



LIMESTONE LITHOSOL AND TALUS; DOUGLAS FIR-LIMBER PINE FELLFIELD, WITH 

 ANTENNARIA, ERITRICHIUM HOWARDII, SENECIO CANUS , CYMOPTERUS 

 TEREBINTHINUS . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: MILES CITY DISTRICT, BILLINGS RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



ENTIRE AREA HAS NOT BEEN SEARCHED. 



Information source: LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (3403). 1986. MONTU. 



