March 12, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: DICHANTHELIUM OLIGOSANTHES VAR SCRIBNERIANUM 

 Common Name: SCRIBNER'S PANIC GRASS 



Global rank: G5T5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PMPOA240Q2 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: EAST FORK OTTER CREEK 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: 



County: POWDER RIVER 



USGS quadrangle: BEAVER CREEK SCHOOL 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 002S O-ieE 23 SE4SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-07-03 Elevation: 3920 - 



First observation: 1995-07-03 Slope/aspect: 2-15% / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1995-07-03 Size (acres): 1 



Location: 



TRAVEL CA. 5 MILES EAST OF ASHLAND ON HWY 212, CA. 10.5 MILES 

 I NORTHEAST ON FS RD 423, THEN CA. 1.5 MILES WEST ON FS RD 1409. 



Element occurrence data: 



UNCOMMON; ONLY 5 PLANTS FOUND IN 2 SUBPOPULATIONS, IN VERY EARLY FRUIT 

 3 JULY 1995. 



General site description: 



UPPER END OF DRAW IN PINUS PONDEROSA/MAHONIA REPENS HABITAT TYPE. IN 

 SEMI-OPEN POCKETS, IN A SIDEARM MEADOW AND 0!-i LOWER SOUTH-FACING 

 SLOPE. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: AGROPYRON SPICATUM, CAREX SPRENGELII, POA 

 PRATENSIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



OBSERVED BY B. HEIDEL. PLANT OCCURS IN SAME LOCALE AS CAREX GRAVIDA, 

 BUT ON MORE WELL-DRAINED, OPEN SETTINGS. 



Information source: HEIDEL, B. L. AND H. MARRIOTT. 1996. SENSITIVE 

 PLANT SPECIES SURVEY OF THE ASHLAND DISTRICT, 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, POWDER RIVER AND ROSEBUD 

 COUNTIES, MT. UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO THE U.S. 

 FOREST SERVICE. MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 

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