vlarch 12, 1996 



I MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 



I Element Occurrence Record 



'Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS BARRII 

 Common Name: BARR'S MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F150 . 020 ID: ? 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SHEEP WELL ROAD 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: NO CURRENT REPRODUCTION; GRAZED SITE 



County: POWDER RIVER 



USGS quadrangle: COLEMAN DRAW 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 003S 046E 20 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1985-05-20 Elevation: 3310 - 



First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1988-05-20 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, CA. 10 MILES EAST OF ASHLAND (HIGHWAY 212), 

 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY, JUST WEST OF DIRT ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 200-250 PLANTS SCATTERED ALONG A LOW EMBANKMENT; NOT FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



LOW ERODING HILLSIDE IN SILTY-CLAY SOILS, WITH CHRYSOTHAMNUS 

 NAUSEOSUS, ANDROPOGON SCOPARIUS AND GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



VEGETATIVE MATERIAL ONLY; CONFIRMATION IN FLOWER WARRANTED. OBSERVED 

 BY SCHASSBERGER. NOT REVISITED BY SCHMOLLER. 



Information source: SCHASSBERGER, L. S. 1988. [FIELD SURVEYS IN POWDER 

 RIVER AND ROSEBUD COS. OF 12-21 MAY (ASTRAGALUS 

 BARRII) .] 



Specimens : 



