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ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 

 Astragalus molybdenus (Leadville milk-vetch) 



Occurrence number: 003 



Global rank: G3 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 USFWS Status: NONE 



Survey site name: TETON SKI AREA PEAK 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: REMOTE LOCATION. 



County: TETON 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT WRIGHT 



Township-range: 025N OlOW Section: 12, SE4 ; Section: 13, NW4 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1989-08-08 Elevation: 7960 



1989 Slope/aspect: 0-35% / NW, SOUTH, EAST 



1989-08-08 Size (acres) : 15 



Location: 



CA. 34 MILES WEST OF CHOTEAU, ON WEST SIDE OF PEAK ABOVE TETON PASS 

 SKI AREA, AND SOUTHWEST ALONG THE RIDGE OF MOUNT LOCKHART. 



Element occurrence data: 



TWO LARGE SUBPOPULATIONS . 



General site description: 



IN MOIST, TURFY LIMESTONE SOIL, WITH DRYAS OCTOPETALA, SMELOWSKIA 

 CALYCINA, OXYTROPIS VISCIDA, ANDROSACE CHAMAEJASME, SAXIFRAGA 

 BRONCHIALIS, HEDYSARUM SULPHURESCENS , ASTRAGALUS ALPINUS, AND ERIGERON 

 LACKSCHEWITZII. * 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



VOUCHERS - SCHASSBERGER, L.A. (337) AND J. PIERCE, NY, 1989; (338), 

 MONT. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS OF THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS, 

 7-10 AND 21-23 AUGUST. 



Montana Natural Heritage Program 



