ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 18 



Grindelia howellii 



Occurrence number: 057 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: ELK CREEK 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: SMALL ROADSIDE POPULATION 



County: MISSOULA 



USGS quadrangle: HEMLOCK LAKE 



Township-range: 020N017W Section: 15 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: NE4NW4 



Survey date: 1988-07-27 Elevation: 3950 

 First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-08- Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



SWAN VALLEY, SOUTH SHOULDER OF FLATHEAD N.F. ROAD #9591, 0.83 AIR 

 MILES EAST OF ELK CREEK, CA. 3.2 AIR MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONDON. 



Element occurrence data: 



1988: 40 FLOWERING PLANTS OBSERVED, & ADDITIONAL BASAL ROSETTES. 1990: 

 9 PLANTS COUNTED. 



General site description: 



ON ROAD SHOULDER, IN HEAVY LOAM AND CLAY LOAM SOIL; WITH CENTAUREA 

 MACULOSA, PHLEUM PRATENSE, LOTUS CORNICULATUS , PINUS CONTORTA, 

 ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



BURLINGTON NORTHERN LAND 



Comments : 



VOUCHER - SHELLY, J.S. (1501), 1988, MONTU . 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1988. FIELD SURVEYS IN LAKE AND MISSOULA COS. OF 14-15 

 JULY, 21-22 JULY, & 26-29 JULY. 



Montana Natural Heritage Program 



