ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 44 



Grindelia howellii 



Occurrence number: 03 6 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: BLACKFOOT ROADSIDE II 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: SMALL ROADSIDE POPULATION, DISTURBED 



AREA. 



County: POWELL 



USGS quadrangle: CHAMBERLAIN MOUNTAIN 



Township-range: 014N012W Section: 07 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SW4NW4 



Survey date: 1986-08-03 Elevation: 4260 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



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



Location: 



0.63 AIR MILES SOUTH OF THE BLACKFOOT RIVER, 2.08 AIR MILES WEST OF 

 ITS CONFLUENCE WITH NORTH FORK BLACKFOOT RIVER, CA. 4 AIR MILES 

 SOUTHEAST OF THE SCOTTY BROWN BRIDGE. 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: 15 PLANTS COUNTED, LATE FLOWER AND FRUIT; PLANTS OCCUR AS A 

 WEEDY, ROADSIDE POPULATION, AND WERE NOT FOUND AWAY FROM THE ROAD. 

 1990: NO PLANTS PRESENT; ROAD RECENTLY GRADED AND NEW DITCHES. 130 

 PLANTS COUNTED CA. 0.1 MILE SOUTH, EXTENDING CA . 40 YARDS ALONG ROAD; 

 POPULATION PARTIALLY CRUSHED OR BURIED BY GRADER. 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY LOAM SOIL; LARIX OCCIDENTALIS/PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, WITH 

 CARDUUS NUTANS, VERBASCUM THAPSUS , TARAXACUM OFFICINALE, CENTAUREA 

 MACULOSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL LAND 



Comments: 



SIGHT RECORD, NO VOUCHER SPECIMEN COLLECTED. 



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 



