ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 33 



Grindelia howellii 



Occurrence number: 021 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: MOLLET PARK SOUTH 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION IN A DISTURBED SITE. 



County: POWELL 



USGS quadrangle: OVANDO MOUNTAIN 



Township-range: 015N012W Section: 10 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: N2NE4 



Survey date: 1986-07-26 Elevation: 4570 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-08-09 Size (acres) : 3 



Location: 



ALONG LOGGING ROADS AT THE SOUTHEAST END OF MOLLET PARK, CA. 4 AIR 

 MILES NNE OF OVANDO, CA. 2.7 AIR MILES WSW OF OVANDO MOUNTAIN. 



'Element occurrence data: 



1986: TWO SUBPOPULATIONS , CA. 60-80 PLANTS (WEST SITE) AND 10 PLANTS 

 (EAST SITE), FLOWER AND EARLY FRUIT; AREA IMPACTED BY LOGGING, 

 GRAZING, AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BUT SPECIES OFTEN RESPONDS WELL TO 

 DISTURBANCE. 1990: 125 PLANTS COUNTED. 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY LOAM SOIL; GRAZED, DISTURBED AREA IN SECOND GROWTH PINUS 

 PONDEROSA PARKLAND; WITH FESTUCA SCABRELLA, PHLEUM PRATENSE, CARDUUS 

 NUTANS, LINARIA VULGARIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL LAND 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1264) AND G.V. KING, 1986, MONTU. 



Information source: 



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

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



Montana Natural Heritage Program 



