Element Occurrence Record 

 Cirsium longistylum 



47 



Occurrence number: Oil 



Global rank: G2Q 

 State rank: S2 



Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments : 



SOUTH FORK DEADMAN CREEK 



BC 



1986: LARGE POPULATION, PARTIALLY OCCURS 



IN DISTURBED AREAS. 



County: MEAGHER 

 USGS quadrangle: 



KINGS HILL 

 SAND POINT 



Township-range: 012N008E Section: 24 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments : S2 , NW4 , 25NE4 , T12NR9E : 19S2 , 2 0SW4 , 3 0NE4 , 29N2 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1990-07-27 



1986 



1990-07-27 



Elevation: 6800 

 Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 600 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS, SOUTH FORK DEADMAN CREEK DRAINAGE, ALONG LEWIS 

 ^ & CLARK NF RD. #837, CA. 1 MILE FROM US HWY 89 UP INTO SPUR PARK 

 ^ (ALONG ROAD AND ON ADJACENT, LIGHTLY-DISTURBED SLOPES) . 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: OF 19 PLANTS STUDIED, 3 DISPLAYED FEATURES SUGGESTING HYBRID 

 CONTACT WITH C. HOOKERIANUM. 1990: FREQUENT; SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS 

 OF PLANTS. 



General site description: 



AT LOWER ELEVATIONS: PINUS CONTORTA FOREST ON NE-FACING SLOPE. AT 

 HIGHER ELEVATIONS (SPUR PARK) : ABIES LASIOCARPA/PINUS ALBICAULIS 

 PARKLAND, WITH FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, GEUM TRIFLORUM, POTENTILLA 

 FRUTICOSA, AND PENSTEMON PROCERUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 

 LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, KINGS HILL RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



1986: SIGHT RECORD. 1990: VOUCHER, SCHASSBERGER, L. 

 ADDITIONAL FIELD SURVEY NEEDED THROUGHOUT REGION. 



(399) , MN. 



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 



