March 12, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



I Scientific Name: EVAX PROLIFERA 

 Common Name: BIG-HEAD EVAX 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDAST3S050 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: HOME CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: POWDER RIVER 



USGS quadrangle: COLEMAN DRAW 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 003S 04 6E 16 NE4NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: Elevation: 3400 



First observation: 1995-06-27 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1995-06-27 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



CA. 10 MILES EAST OF ASHLAND, CA. 0.5 MILES NORTH OF HWY 212. 



Element occurrence data: 



AT LEAST 200 PLANTS IN AN AREA LESS THAN 100 SQUARE METERS, AS 

 DETERMINED IN PRELIMINARY SURVEY. BOTH FLOWERING AND VEGETATIVE PLANTS 

 PRESENT 27 JUNE 1995. 



G'r.eral site description: 



BASE OF SMJ^LL BUTTE IN ROLLING UPLANDS ON OPEN OUTWASH FLAT OF 

 LIGHT-COLORED, FINE, POSSIBLY ALKALINE SOIL. SPARSE VEGETATION 

 INCLUDES: GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE, PLANTAGO PATAGONICIA, ALLIUM TEXTILE. 

 SURROUNDED BY SAGEBRUSH GRASSLAND. 



Land owner /manager : 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT 



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 UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO THE U.S. 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 PROGRAl'l. 

 PP. 



Specimens: MARRIOTT, H. (11570). 1995. MONT, RM . !R. HARTMAN . 



