ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 18 



Phlox kelsevi var. missoulensis 



^pcurrence number: 006 



Global rank: G4T2Q Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 State rank: 82 Federal Status: 3C 



Survey site name: KINGS HILL 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION IN GOOD CONDITION; 

 HABITAT NOT PRISTINE. 



County: MEAGHER 



JUDITH BASIN 



USGS quadrangle: KINGS HILL 



Township-range: 012N008E Section: 02 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: NW4,W2NE4 



Survey date: 1990-06-26 Elevation: 7800 

 First observation: 1948 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-06-26 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS; FROM THE TOP OF KINGS HILL (HWY 89), TAKE FS 

 ROAD SOUTHEAST CA. 0.7 5 MILE; POPULATION IS ON SCREE SLOPE ABOVE ROAD 

 ^ AND EXTENDING INTO MEADOWS ABOVE. 



Element occurrence data: 



26 JUNE 1990: HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUALS, 95% IN FLOWER. 



General site description: 



SUBALPINE, COMMON ON SCREE SLOPE AND IN MEADOWS ABOVE, WITH LOMATIUM 

 COUS, MERTENSIA VIRIDIS, CERASTIUM ARVENSE, ANTENNARIA UMBRINELLA, 

 BESSEYA WYOMINGENSIS, DODECATHEON CONJUGENS . FORESTS NEARBY OF PINUS 

 FLEXILIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, KINGS HILL RANGER DISTRICT 

 LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, JUDITH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER - ROSE, F.H. (4082), 1948, MONTU ; SCHASSBERGER, L.A. (382), 

 1990. STATE ENDEMIC. BORDERS WATERSHED 10040103. 



Information source: 



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

 AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. 



