ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 50 



Grindelia howellii 



Occurrence number: 044 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: CLEARWATER BACKROAD 



EO rank: BC 

 EO rank comments: 1986: MODERATE-SIZED POPULATION, HABITAT 



CREATED BY DISTURBANCE. 1990: SOME 



PLANTS CRUSHED FROM VEHICLE USE. 



County: MISSOULA 



USGS quadrangle: SALMON LAKE 



Township-range: 015N014W Section: 30 Precision: S 

 Township-range comments: N2NE4 



Survey date: 1986-08-05 Elevation: 4020 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-08-07 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



CA. 0.8 AIR MILES WEST OF CLEARWATER RIVER, CA. 0.25 AIR MILES WEST OF 

 LOLO N.F. ROAD 4336 ON OLD LOGGING TRAIL, CA. 3 MILES NNW OF STATE 

 HWY. 200. 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: EST. 150-160 PLANTS; 108 FLOWERING STEMS COUNTED, CA. 40-50 

 ROSETTES; FLOWERS AND EARLY FRUIT; PLANTS FOUND ONLY IN AND ALONG AN 

 OLD, LITTLE USED LOGGING TRAIL, IN SMALL CLEARINGS IN THE WOODS. 1990: 

 CA. 400 PLANTS; ROBUST, SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED. 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY LOAM SOILS; PINUS PONDEROSA/PINUS CONTORTA/ PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII/LARIX OCCIDENTALIS , WITH ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM, POTENTILLA 

 GRACILIS, CIRSIUM SPP. , CENTAUREA MACULOSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 

 CLEARWATER STATE FOREST 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1302), 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 



