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 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BEAR CREEK RIDGE 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: CARBON 



USGS quadrangle: BIG ICE CAVE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S 026E 24 NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1986-06-25 Elevation: 7380 - 



First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1986-06-25 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



FROM WARREN TAKE ROAD TO GYPSUM SPRING THEN ROAD TO RED PRYOR 

 MOUNTAIN. FOLLOW EAST SIDE OF FIRST RIDGE SOUTHEAST OF BEAR CANYON 

 ABOUT 1.6 MILES SOUTHWEST TO SITE. 



Element occurrence data: 



SMALL POPULATION; VERY LITTLE DISTURBANCE (SMALL CATTLE TRAILS). 



General site description: 



STONEY OPEN SOIL ON RIM OF THE RIDGE; GRASSLANDS AND OPEN DOUGLAS 

 FIR-LIMBER PINE FOREST. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



SITE NOT SURVEYED COMPLETELY, OWING TO EXPANSE OF AREA. 



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

 - UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



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