ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 

 Grindelia howellii 



39 



Occurrence number: 029 



Global rank: G3 

 State rank: S3 



Forest Service status; 

 Federal Status; 



SENSITIVE LIST 

 C2 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



LOST HORSE SPUR ROAD 



BC 



1986: MODERATE-SIZED POPULATION, 



PARTIALLY UNDISTURBED. 1990: HIGHLY 



DISTURBED. 



County: MISSOULA 



USGS quadrangle: SALMON LAKE 



Township-range: 015N015W Section: 22 

 Township-range comments: E2NE4 , 2 3W2NW4 



Precision; 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1986-07-31 



1986 



1990-08-07 



Elevation: 4660 

 Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 2 



Location: 



ALONG CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL LOGGING ROAD, 0.8 AIR MILES SOUTH OF LOST 

 HORSE CREEK, 3.2 AIR MILES WEST OF ELBOW LAKE/ CLEARWATER RIVER. 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: 175 PLANTS COUNTED, BUT PROBABLY AT LEAST 200 PLANTS; 

 INDIVIDUALS OCCUR LARGELY IN AND ALONG OLD LOGGING ROAD, BUT CA. 6 

 PLANTS OCCUR IN ADJACENT, LESS DISTURBED MEADOW OPENING. 1990: 53 6 

 PLANTS COUNTED. 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY LOAM SOILS; PINUS PONDEROSA/PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII/ LARIX 

 OCCIDENTALIS/PINUS CONTORTA, WITH POTENTILLA GRACILIS, VERBASCUM 

 THAPSUS, CENTAUREA MACULOSA, ASTER. 1990: ALSO, FILAGO ARVENSIS, 

 MADIA. 



Land owner/manager: 



CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL LAND 



LOLO NATIONAL FOREST, SEELEY LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1282) 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 



