ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 30 



Grindelia howellii 



Occurrence number: 018 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: DICK CREEK 



EO rank: CD 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION, OCCURRING IN DISTURBED 



HABITAT. 



County: POWELL 



USGS quadrangle: OVANDO MOUNTAIN 



Township-range: 015N012W Section: 16 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE4SE4 



Survey date: 1986-07-25 Elevation: 4310 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-08-09 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



BRIDGE OVER DICK CREEK, ALONG CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL ROAD CA. 2.6 AIR 

 MILES NNE OF OVANDO, CA. 1 AIR MILE WEST OF MARTIN PARK. (NOTE: BRIDGE 

 OUT IN 1990) 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: CA. 150-200 PLANTS, MOSTLY IN FLOWER; SPECIES IS RESTRICTED TO 

 DISTURBED SOIL AREAS, AND WAS NOT FOUND IN ADJACENT UNDISTURBED 

 HABITAT. 199 0: CA. 8 00 PLANTS COUNTED; ROBUST POPULATION. 



General site description: 



ALONG ROAD IN FILL DIRT OVER CREEK; WITH PINUS PONDEROSA, PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII, VERBASCUM THAPSUS , CARDUUS NUTANS, LINARIA VULGARIS, 

 CHRYSOPSIS VILLOSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1261) AND G.V. KING, 1986, MONTU. BRIDGE OUT IN 

 1990 APPEARS TO HAVE HELPED POPULATION. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1986. FIELD SURVEYS IN MISSOULA AND POWELL COS. OF 25-26 

 JULY, 28-31 JULY, 2-6 AUGUST AND 20-22 AUGUST. 



Montana Natural Heritage Program 



