February 16, 1993 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ERIGERON LACKSCHEWITZII 

 Common Name: FRONT MOUNTAIN FLEABANE 



Global rank: G2Q Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDAST3M4FO. 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SOCK LAKE 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: LEWIS AND CLARK 

 FLATHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: THREE SISTERS 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 024N OllW 31 NE4 



Survey date: 1979-07-26 Elevation: 8200 - 

 First observation: 1979 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1979-07-26 Size (acres): 2 



Location: 



FLATHEAD RANGE, "N WALL" OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, SUMMIT OF MOUNTAIN 

 ABOVE SOCK LAKE. 



Element occurrence data: 



LARGEST POPULATION KNOWN, CA . 500 PLANTS; ON BOUNDARY OF WATERSHED 

 17010209; ALSO ON BOUNDARY OF FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST. 



General site description: 



COMMON IN ARCTOSTAPHYLOS POLYGONS, ALSO IN DRY MEADOW, ASSOCIATED WITH 

 ERIGERON RADICATUS AND TOWNSENDIA PARRYI. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGER DISTRICT 



SUN RIVER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA 



BOB MARSHALL WILDEFINESS « 



Comments: 



TYPE LOCALITY, RECENTLY DESCRIBED STATE ENDEMIC; VOUCHER - 

 LACKSCHEWITZ (9101), 1979, MONTU (HOLOTYPE) , COLO (ISOTYPE). 



Information source: 



NESOM, G.L., AND W.A. WEBER. 1983. A NEW WOOLY-HEADED, MONOCEPHALOUS 

 ERIGERON (ASTERACEAE) FROM MONTANA. MADRONO 30:245-249 



Specimens: 



