ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 32 



Grindelia howellii 



Occurrence number: 020 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: MOLLET PARK 



EO rank: CD 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION, THRIVING IN A 



DISTURBED SITE. 



County: POWELL 



USGS quadrangle: OVANDO MOUNTAIN 



Township-range: 015N012W Section: 03 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: S2NW4,N2SW4 



Survey date: 1986-07-26 Elevation: 4585 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-08-09 Size (acres) : 19 



Location: 



MOLLET PARK, CA. 4.5 AIR MILES NNE OF OVANDO, CA. 3 AIR MILES WSW OF 

 OVANDO MOUNTAIN. 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: CA. 500-600 PLANTS, IN FLOWER; SPECIES DOES NOT OCCUR IN THE 

 UNDISTURBED SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE NATIVE GRASSLAND IN MOLLET PARK, 

 BUT IT IS ABUNDANT ALONG THE BOTTOMS OF THE FURROWS IN THE DISTURBED 

 PINE PLANTATION. 1990: POPULATION SUBSTANTIALLY DECLINED; 272 PLANTS 

 COUNTED. POPULATON CONFINED TO ROADSIDE AND JUNCTION. NONE SEEN IN 

 FURROWS . 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY LOAM SOILS, IN FURROWS OF A PLANTED PINUS PONDEROSA 

 PLANTATION (1986); WITH FESTUCA SCABRELLA, CENTAUREA MACULOSA, PHLEUM 

 PRATENSE, VERBASCUM THAPSUS , POTENTILLA GRACILIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLACKFOOT-CLEARWATER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA 

 CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL LAND 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1263) AND G.V. KING, 1986, MONTU. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1986. FIELD SURVEYS IN MISSOULA AND POWELL COS. OF 2 5-2 6 

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



Montana Natural Heritage Program 



