ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 3 5 



Grindelia howellii 



Occurrence number: 02 4 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: VAUGHN CREEK 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION, DISTURBED SITE. 



County: MISSOULA 



USGS quadrangle: BELMONT POINT 



Township-range: 015N015W Section: 05 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE4 



Survey date: 1986-07-30 Elevation: 4600 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-08-07 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



ALONG LOST PRAIRIE-PLACID ROAD, 1.65 AIR MILES SOUTH OF PLACID LAKE, 

 CA. 0.2 AIR MILES SOUTHEAST OF VAUGHN CREEK. 



'Element occurrence data: 



1986: 54 PLANTS, FLOWERS AND EARLY FRUIT; PLANTS OCCUR ON ROADSIDE AND 

 ON THE EDGE OF A CLEARCUT. 1990: POPULATION NOT RELOCATED; 1 FLOWERING 

 PLANT (NO BASAL LEAVES) FOUND CA. 0.12 MILE WEST OF SITE. 



General site description: 



CLAY LOAM SOILS; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS/PINUS CONTORTA/ PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII, WITH CIRSIUM VULGARE, ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM, CAMPANULA 

 ROTUNDIFOLIA, RUBUS PARVIFLORUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL LAND 



LOLO NATIONAL FOREST, SEELEY LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1277) 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 



