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Recommendation: Site should be proposed for 

 special designation. 



Lime Gulch (012) : Large representative 

 population at a lower elevation, on very 

 distinctive soils, located on the lower 

 eastern flanks of the East Pioneer Mountains. 

 This population is on Forest Service lands, 

 and a close equivalent to sites in the 

 foothills of the Sapphire Range (which are 

 threatened by spotted knapweed invasion) . 

 Recommendation: Site should be proposed for 

 special designation. 



Quartz Hill (005) : This site supports a good 

 population of A. fecunda, and populations of 

 Penstemon lemhiensis (Lemhi penstemon) and 

 Claytonia lanceolata var. f lava (yellow 

 springbeauty) occur nearby. Both of these 

 plants are also USFWS Category 2 taxa, and 

 are included on the U.S. Forest Service 

 Region 1 list of sensitive species. 

 Recommendation: Site should be proposed for 

 special designation. 



Monitoring activities: Monitoring should be 

 continued at all four current study sites, to 

 gain valuable long-term life history 

 information. 



III. 17. C. 1. Surveys: 



J. Stephen Shelly, Montana Natural 

 Heritage Program: 



8 May 1986 (001; Charleys Gulch) 



19-20 May 1987 



19-20 May 1988 



1-3 June 1988 



24-25 May 1989 



6-9 June 1989 



Peter Lesica, The Nature Conservancy: 



8 May 1986 (001; Charleys Gulch] 

 27-30 May 1986 

 19-20 May 1987 

 19-20 May 1988 

 24-25 May 1989 



