ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 38 



Grindelia howellii 



Occurrence number: 028 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: LOST HORSE ROAD 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: 1986: SMALL, ROADSIDE POPULATION; GRAZED 



AREA. 1990: AREA HIGHLY DISTURBED. 



County: MISSOULA 



USGS quadrangle: SALMON LAKE 



Township-range: 015N015W Section: 24 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: S2SE4 



Survey date: 1986-07-31 Elevation: 4160 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-08-07 Size (acres) : 2 



Location: 



ALONG CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL LOGGING ROAD, 0.34 AIR MILES SOUTH OF 

 LOST HORSE CREEK, CA. 2 AIR MILES WEST OF CLEARWATER RIVER. 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: 45 MATURE PLANTS COUNTED, ROSETTES NOT COUNTED; ROAD BISECTS 

 SITE, AND AREA IS GRAZED. 1990: 6 PLANTS ON BOTH SIDES OF ROAD; NO 

 BASAL LEAVES. 



General site description: 



LOAM SOILS; PINUS PONDEROSA/PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII/STIPA RICHARDSONII , 

 WITH CARDUUS NUTANS, PHLEUM PRATENSE, GERANIUM VISCOSISSIMUM, 

 POTENTILLA GRACILIS, VERBASCUM THAPSUS . 



Land owner/manager: 



LOLO NATIONAL FOREST, SEELEY LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1281) 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 



