ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 16 



Phlox kelseyi var. missoulensis 



fcurrence number: 004 



Global rank: G4T2Q Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 3C 



Survey site name: MACDONALD PASS 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: POWELL 



LEWIS AND CLARK 



uses quadrangle: MACDONALD PASS 



Township-range: 009N006W Section: 02 Precision: S 



Township-range comments : SE4 , NE4NW4 , 11NE4 , NW4SE4 , T10NR6W: 3 5SW4SE4 , SE4SW4 



Survey date: Elevation: 6400 



First observation: 1976 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-06-25 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



NEAR MICROV-JAVE INSTALLATION, SOUTHWEST OF MACDONALD PASS, SOUTH OF 

 HWY. 12. SITE IS VERY NEAR THE POWELL- LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY LINE, AS 

 WELL AS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. 



Element occurrence data: 



30 JUNE 1976: "FEW PLANTS;" 30 PLANTS IN FLOWER, SOME SEEDLINGS. 20 

 JUNE 1990: INTERBREEDING OCCURRING BETWEEN PHLOX KELSEYI VAR. 

 MISSOULENSIS AND P. PULVINATA. 25 JUNE 1990: 3,000-5,000 PLANTS IN 3 

 SUBPOPULATIONS ; ID QUESTIONABLE. 



General site description: 



ABANDONED ROADWAY; GRANITIC, ROCKY KNOLLS, SANDY LOAM. FESTUCA 

 SCABRELLA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS COMMUNITY, WITH PHLOX PULVINATA, BESSEYA 

 WYOMINGENSIS, ANTENNARIA UMBRINELLA, SELAGINELLA DENSA, POTENTILLA 

 DIVERSIFOLIA. 



Land owner/manager: 



HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, HELENA RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



VOUCHERS-LACKSCHEWITZ, K. (6574), 1976, MONTU ; WATSON, T.J., (1244), 

 1976?, MONTU. SCHASSBERGER, L.A. (380), 1990; ANNOTATED D. WILKEN 

 (?) . SPECIMENS NEED VERIFICATION. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST 6TH 

 AVENUE, HELENA, MT 59620. 



