January 24, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: TOWNSENDIA SPATHULATA 

 Common Name: SWORD TOWNSENDIA 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G3 

 S3 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



3C 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type: 



PDAST9C0M0.006 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



LIMESTONE HILLS 

 AB 



County: BROADWATER 

 USGS quadrangle 



Township: 



007N 



006N 



Range: 



OOIE 



OOIE 



TOWNSEND 

 PARKER 

 GIANT HILL 



Section: 

 34 

 03 



TRS comments : 



33 



4; 9-10; 16-17; 20-21; 28-29 



Precision: 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1993-05-19 

 1985-05-21 

 1993-05-19 



Elevation: 4960 

 Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 500 



Location: 



LIMESTONE HILLS, 5 KM WEST OF TOWNSEND. 



Element occurrence data: 



LOCALLY RARE TO OCCASIONAL, TOTALLING 1800-3600 PLANTS, 

 DISCONTINUOUSLY DISTRIBUTED ALONG TWO RIDGETOPS TOTALLING ALMOST 10 

 MILES. MOST COMMON ON WEST RIDGE. IN PEAK FLOWER DURING THIRD WEEK OF 

 MAY, 1993. INCONSPICUOUS IN VEGETATIVE FORM. 



General site description: 



OUTCROPS ON LIMESTONE ESCARPMENT, WITH PIONEER COMMUNITIES AND 

 CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS SCRUB. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: HYMENOXYS ACAULIS, 

 PHLOX HOODII, ERIQGONUM UMBELLATUM, CAREX ROSSII, LESQUERELLA ALPINA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, HEADWATERS RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments : 



AREA USED BY MONTANA NATIONAL GUARD FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. BEST 

 HABITAT FOR THIS SPECIES ALSO HAS HIGHEST LIMESTONE QUARRYING VALUE; 

 CONTINENTAL LIME LONG-TERM STUDY AREA IS OUTSIDE OF LARGE POPULATION 

 AREAS. SPECIFIC POPULATION LOCATIONS AND ESTIMATES ON FILE AT MTHP. 



