ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 45 



Grindelia howellii 



Occurrence number: 038 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: UPSATA LAKE 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: LARGER POPULATION, MOSTLY OCCURRING IN 



NATIVE HABITAT. 



County: POWELL 



USGS quadrangle: OVANDO 



Township-range: 015N013W Section: 10 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: SE4NW4 , SW4NE4 



Survey date: 1986-08-04 Elevation: 4120 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-08-08 Size (acres) : 8 



Location: 



CA. 0.1 AIR MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTHWEST END OF UPSATA LAKE ("OPSATA" 

 ON USGS MAP) , ALONG GRAVEL ROAD NORTH AND EAST OF BLACKFOOT-CLEARWATER 

 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA HEADQUARTERS. 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: CA. 250-300 PLANTS, IN FLOWER AND EARLY FRUIT; PLANTS FOUND 

 ALONG FENCE LINES AND ROAD, AND IN LIGHTLY GRAZED PASTURE. 1990: CA. 

 650 PLANTS COUNTED; SOME HEADS IN FRUIT, PLANTS MOSTLY SMALL, MANY 

 LOOKED GRAZED. 



General site description: 



LOAM SOILS; FESTUCA SCABRELLA GRASSLAND, WITH PHLEUM PRATENSE, 

 CENTAUREA MACULOSA, BROMUS INERMIS, HORDEUM JUBATUM, ACHILLEA 

 MILLEFOLIUM, CIRSIUM ARVENSE. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA LAND (UNDESIGNATED) 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1294), 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 



