ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORD 

 Grindelia howellii 



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Occurrence number: 047 



Global rank: G3 

 State rank: S3 



Forest Service status; 

 Federal Status; 



SENSITIVE LIST 

 C2 



Survey site name: COZY CORNERS 



EO rank: AB 

 EO rank comments: LARGEST POPULATION IN MONTANA, 



STATE-OWNED LAND. 



County: MISSOULA 



USGS quadrangle: WOODWORTH 



Township-range: 016N014W Section; 

 Township-range comments: SE4NE4 



Survey date: 1986-08-21 

 First observation: 1986 

 Last observation: 1990-08-08 



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Precision; 



Elevation: 4280 

 Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



WEST SIDE OF LOWER COTTONWOOD ROAD, 0.5 MILES NORTH OF COZY CORNERS, 1 

 MILE WEST OF MISSOULA-POWELL COUNTY LINE. 



Element occurrence data: 



1986: EST. 3000 PLANTS; FRUIT, LATE FLOWER; ELEMENT IS THE DOMINANT 

 FORB AT THIS SITE, AND OCCURS IN A SMALL, FENCED PASTURE ON STATE 

 LAND; DENSEST POPULATION STUDIED. 1990: PLANTS ROBUST; POPULATION 

 EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PASTURES TO THE SOUTH, AS WELL AS ALONG 

 ROADSIDE, EXTENDING TO COZY CORNERS. POPULATION ESTIMATED AT >3000. 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY LOAM SOIL; GRAZED PASTURE, ADJACENT TO PINUS PONDEROSA/LARIX 

 OCCIDENTALIS/PICEA ENGELMANNII FOREST, WITH CENTAUREA MACULOSA, 

 VERBASCUM THAPSUS , POA PRATENSIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



CLEARWATER STATE FOREST 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (13 04) AND G.V. 



KING, 1986, MONTU, 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1986. FIELD SURVEYS IN MISSOULA AND POWELL COS, 

 JULY, 28-31 JULY, 2-6 AUGUST & 20-22 AUGUST. 



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Montana Natural Heritage Program 



