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Occurrence number: 003 



Global rank: G3G4 

 State rank: SI 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



SENSITIVE 



FRENCH CREEK 



C 



POPULATION SIZE VARIABLE, SEVERAL ACTIVE 



GOLD MINES IN THE AREA. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ERMONT 



Township: 006S Range: 011W Section: 01 

 Township-range comments: SW4 , 2SE4 , 11E2 . 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991-08-23 



1988 



1991-08-23 



Elevation: 7240 



Slope/aspect: 50% / SOUTHEAST 



Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



PIONEER MOUNTAINS, CA. 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARGENTA, SLOPES ABOVE 

 FRENCH CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



1991: NO SIGN OF PLANTS IN THE NORTHERN SUBPOPULATION, BUT 3 PLANTS 

 WERE LOCATED FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. 1988: CA. 40 PLANTS IN TWO 

 SUBPOPULATIONS, SCATTERED PRIMARILY ALONG HISTORIC MINING AND ROAD 

 DISTURBANCE. 



General site description: 



IN PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII/ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS 

 COMMUNITY TYPE, WITH ELYMUS CINEREUS, ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, AGROPYRON 

 SPICATUM, TETRADYMIA CANESCENS, CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS, CHRYSOTHAMNUS 

 VISCIDIFLORUS, BROMUS TECTORUM AND POA SECUNDA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER - DARFLER, E., AND KEN SCOW (S.N.), 1988, 

 IDENTIFIED AS C. NEOMEXICANUM VAR. UTAHENSE G. B. 

 MINNESOTA, ST. PAUL. ANNOTATED AS C. SUBNIVEUM, S 

 YOUNG UNIVERSITY, MARCH, 1991. 



MONTU; ORIGINALLY 

 OWNBEY, UNIV. OF 

 WELSH, BRIGHAM 



Information source: 



ROE, LISA S., MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 E. 

 HELENA, MT. (405). 1990. NY. 



6TH AVE 



Element Occurrence Record - C i rs i um subniveum 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



