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ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 

 Astragalus molybdenus (Leadville milk-vetch) 



Occurrence nvimber: 007 



Global rank: G3 

 State rank: SI 



Survey site name; 



EO rank; 



EO rank comments; 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 USFWS Status: NONE 



TETON PEAK 



A 



LARGE COLONIES, IN UNDISTURBED REMOTE 



HABITAT. 



County: TETON 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT WRIGHT 



Township-range: 025N OlOW Section: 36, NE4 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1989-08-22 Elevation: 7600 



1989 Slope/aspect: 3-35% / N, E, NE 



1989-08-22 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



SAWTOOTH RANGE, 0.35-0.85 AIR MI. SE OF TETON PEAK, 0.75 



AIR MI. NORTH TO NE OF ROUTE CREEK PASS, MIDDLE FORK NORTH FORK TETON 



RIVER DRAINAGE. 



Element occurrence data: 



THREE COLONIES; EXTENSIVE VEGETATIVE SPREADING, BUT LITTLE FLOWERING 

 AND FRUITING; POPULATION SIZE DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE. 



General site description: 



ALPINE AND SUBALPINE TURF, LIMESTONE GRAVtL AND SCREE; OFTEN IN DRYAS 

 OCTOPETALA MATS, WITH BUPLEURUM AMERICANUM, ASTRAGALUS BOURGOVII, 

 HEDYSARUM SULPHURESCENS , POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, ANDROSACE LEHMANNIANA, 

 POLEMONIUM PULCHERRIMUM, PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, ZIGADENUS ELEGANS, 

 GENTIANA CALYCOSA, ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM, PENSTEMON PROCERUS, 



Land owner/manager: 



LEWIS & CLARK NATIONAL FOREST, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



SIGHT RECORD, VOUCHER COLLECTED AT NEARBY ROUTE CREEK PASS SITE 

 (SCHASSBERGER (353) AND SHELLY) . 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS IN TETON COUNTY, 7-10, 21-23, AND 

 28-30 AUGUST. 



Montana Natural Heritage Program 



