ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 

 Lesquerella humilis 



3: 



Occurrence number: 002 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



Gl 

 SI 



Forest Service status; 

 • Federal Status: 



SENSITIVE LIST 

 C2 



Survey site name: EAST ST. JOSEPH PEAK 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: FRAGILE ALPINE AREA. 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: SAINT MARY PEAK 



Township-range: 010N021W Section: 22 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE4SE4 , SE4SW4 ; 26NW4 



Survey date: 1990-08-28 

 First observation: 1970 

 Last observation: 1990-08-28 



Elevation: 9000 

 Slope/aspect: 15-35% / SOUTH 

 Size (acres) : 15 



Location: 



BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS, EAST ST. JOSEPH PEAK, WITHIN AND BORDERING 

 U SELWAY- BITTERROOT WILDERNESS AREA. 



Element occurrence data: 



1970: EST. 200-400 PLANTS. 1990: EST. 300 PLANTS CA. 0.25 MILE 

 NORTHWEST OF SUMMIT; HEALTHY, DENSE POPULATION, IN FLOWER (MANY PLANTS 

 WITH SEVERAL INFLORESCENCES) AND FRUIT. TWO SUBPOPULATIONS IN FLOWER 

 AND FRUIT: TO THE WEST, CA. 4 00 PLANTS, VIGOR FEEBLE TO NORMAL; TO THE 

 SOUTHEAST, CA. 200 PLANTS, VIGOR FEEBLE. 



General site description: 



ROCKY FELLFIELD, WITH PHLOX PULVINATA, ARENARIA OBTUSILOBA, 

 ERITRICHIUM NANUM, SMELOWSKIA CALYCINA, ERIGERON SIMPLEX, DRABA 

 OLIGOSPERMA, DRYAS OCTOPETALA, PHLOX HOODII, PHYLLODOCE EMPETRIFORMIS , 

 P. GLANDULI FLORA, ANTENNARIA ROSEA. 



Land owner/manager: 



SELWAY-BITTERROOT WILDERNESS AREA 



BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST, STEVENSVILLE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



NEWLY DESCRIBED SPECIES (1984); VOUCHER-LACKSCHEWITZ , K.H. (2126), 

 1970, SPECIMEN #65828 UM. 



Information source: 



NEWMAN, D. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, 

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Montana Natural Heritage Program 



