Element Occurrence Record 

 Cirsium longistylum 



30 



Occurrence number: 005 



Global rank: G2Q 

 State rank: S2 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 Federal Status: C2 



BENDER CREEK TRAIL 



D 



DISTURBED AREA, ADJACENT TO ROAD AND 



NUCLEAR MISSILE SILO. 



County: CASCADE 

 USGS quadrangle: 



BARKER 



Township-range: 015N008E Section: 

 Township-range comments: NE4 



23 



Precision: 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1986-07-24 



1983 



1990-07-22 



Elevation: 5360 

 Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, CA.9 MILES EAST OF MONARCH, JUNCTION OF TRAIL 

 #318 (BENDER CREEK TRAIL) AND ROAD #120 (DRY FORK BELT CREEK ROAD) . 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: 20 PLANTS COUNTED; EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE HYBRIDIZATION WITH 

 CIRSIUM HOOKERIANUM. 1990: 10 PLANTS COUNTED. 



General site description: 



IN GRASSY OPENINGS AND ON ROADSIDE; WITH PINUS PONDEROSA, P. CONTORTA, 

 PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM, PHLEUM, LINUM; ADJACENT 

 TO NUCLEAR MISSILE SILO. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, KINGS HILL RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHERS -RAMSTETTER, J. (2), 1983, MONTU; SHELLY, J.S. (1253b) AND W. 

 PHILLIPS, 1986. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH 

 AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. 



Element Occurrence Record - Kootenai National Forest 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



