Element Occurrence Record 38 



Cirsium lonaistvlum 



I 



Occurrence number: 002 



Global rank: G2Q Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: KINGS HILL 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: 1986: ADJACENT TO ROADS, SOME EVIDENCE 



OF POSSIBLE HYBRIDIZATION. 



County: MEAGHER 

 CASCADE 



USGS quadrangle: KINGS HILL 



Township-range: 012N008E Section: 03 Precision: S 



Township-range comments: NE4NE4 , 2N2 , SE4 ; 11N2 ; 12NW4 , 1NW4 ;T13NR8W: 34SE4 , SW4 



Survey date: 1987-07-16 Elevation: 7280 

 First observation: 1951 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-07-31 Size (acres) : 500 



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Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, ENTRANCE TO SHOWDOWN SKI AREA, 0.4 MILE SOUTH 

 OF KINGS HILL CAMPGROUND ALONG HWY . 89. POPULATION EXTENDS EAST TO THE 

 TOP OF KINGS HILL AND SOUTH AND EAST ALONG RIDGES. 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: FREQUENT; 41 PLANTS STUDIED, WITH 32 HAVING FEATURES OF C. 

 LONGISTYLUM, AND 9 HAVING FEATURES APPARENTLY INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN C. 

 LONGISTYLUM AND C. HOOKERIANUM. 1990: EXTENDED POPULATION BOUNDARIES, 

 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PLANTS. 



General site description: 



DISTURBED AREAS, ALONG HIGHWAY AND NEAR LARGE TURNOUT, GRAVELLY SURFACE 

 WITH SANDY SOIL BENEATH, AND IN MEADOWS. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: BROMUS 

 SPP., CAREX SPP., POA PRATENSIS, ARTEMISIA SPP. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, KINGS HILL RANGER DISTRICT 

 LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHERS -RAMSTETTER, J. (7), 1983, MONTU; SENN, FRANKTON & GILLETT 

 (5670), 1951, DAO; SCHASSBERGER, L. (396), 1990, MN . ADDITIONAL 

 WATERSHEDS: 10030105 AND 10040103. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST 6TH 

 AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. 



Element Occurrence Record - Kootenai National Forest 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



