Element Occurrence Record 

 Cirsium lonaistvlum 



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Occurrence number: 00 4 



Global rank: G2Q 

 State rank: S2 



Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



MONARCH 



D 



VERY SMALL POPULATION, ADJACENT TO ROAD. 



County: CASCADE 

 USGS quadrangle: 



MONARCH 



Township-range: 015N007E Section; 

 Township-range comments: NE4NE4 



Survey date: 1983-07-15 

 First observation: 1983 

 Last observation: 1986-07-24 



03 



Precision: S 



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Elevation: 4680 

 Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



FROM MONARCH ON HWY . 89, GO EAST 1 MILE ON DRY FORK ROAD (#120); SITE 

 IS ON NORTH SIDE OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



2 PLANTS IDENTIFIED AS C. LONGISTYLUM; ANOTHER THISTLE POSSIBLY C. 

 HOOKERIANUM IS ABUNDANT IN THE AREA; ADDITIONAL PLANTS MAY OCCUR ALONG 

 ROAD #12 FOR SEVERAL MILES TO THE EAST; 1 PLANT IDENTIFIED AS C. 

 LONGISTYLUM DURING 1986 SURVEY. 



General site description: 



ROCKY, GRAVELLY DITCH BOTTOM; ASSOCIATED WITH DISTURBED GRASSLAND: POA 

 PRATENSIS, BROMUS INERMIS, PHLEUM PRATENSE. 



Land owner/manager: , 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, KINGS HILL RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 

 NONE. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1986. FIELD SURVEYS IN LEWIS & CLARK, PONDERA, AND 

 MEAGHER COUNTIES OF 22-24 JULY. 



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Element Occurrence Record - Kootenai National Forest 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



