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. 010 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SWIFT RIVER 



EO rank: CD • 



EO rank comments: SMALL OUTLIER POPULATION, MARGINAL HABITAT. 



County: PONDERA 



USGS quadrangle: FISH LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 028N OlOW 35 N2NE4 



Survey date: 1992-07-26 Elevation: 6400 - 

 First observation: 1992-07-26 Slope/aspect: 

 Last observation: 1992-07-27 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



ABOVE SWIFT RIVER RESERVOIR, 1.25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DAM ON RIDGE AT 

 EAST EDGE OF FRONT RANGE. 



Element occurrence data: 



5 PLANTS, MULTI-STEMMED AND VIGOROUS, IN LATE FLOWER. 



General site description: 



TOP OF A DRAW ABOVE SWIFT RESERVOIR, ON STEEP PARTIALLY FORESTED 

 KRUMMHOLTZ SLOPE. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PINUS FLEXILIS, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS 

 UVA-URSI, GRASSES, SHEPERDIA ARGENTEA, ANDROSACE CHAMAEJASME, 

 HEDYSARUM SULPHURESCENS , ZIGADENUS ELEGANS, POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments: » 



EXTENSIVE DIEBACK OF PINUS FLEXILIS ON THE SLOPE; SOME OR ALL DUE TO 

 FIRE. WELL-WORN GAME TRAILS CROSS THE SLOPE. COLLECTION MADE 

 PREMATURELY BEFORE POPULATION COUNT. 



Information source: 



HEIDEL, B. 1992. [FIELD SURVEY TO SWIFT RIVER RESERVIOR OF 26 JULY.] 



Specimens: 



HEIDEL, B. L. (873). 1992. MONT. 



