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MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



r 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 . 012 ID: Y 



Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: TAYLOR BUTTE RIM 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: EXCELLENT SITE NATURALLY PROTECTED BY CLIFFLINE. 



County: POWDER RIVER 



USGS quadrangle: FORT HOWES 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 006S 046E 30 E2 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1988-05-14 Elevation: 3400 - 



First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1988-05-14 Size (acres): 35 



Location: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, 0.5 MILES EAST OF OTTER CREEK ROAD ON SOUTH 

 ^ FORK OF TAYLOR CREEK ROAD, CLIFFLINE TO EAST. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 2000 INDIVIDUALS SCATTERED ABOVE AND BELOW CLIFF LINE. 



General site description: 



ABOVE AND BELOW ERODING CLIFFLINE; SILTY CLAY; OPEN PINUS PONDEROSA, 

 JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM WITH ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA AND HAPLOPAPPUS 

 ARMERIOIDES. 



Land owner /manager : 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



MONTU; SEE GMF FOR BASE MAP SHOWING SUBPOPULATIONS . 



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

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

 BARRII) .] 



Specimens: SCHASSBERGER, L. A. (179). 1988. MONTU. 



