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CASTILLEJA GRACILLIMA 

 SLENDER PAINTBRUSH 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR0D150 . 004 



Global rank: G3G4 Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 State rank: SU 



Survey site name: GRAYLING CREEK 

 County: Gallatin 



USGS quadrangle: RICHARDS CREEK 



Township-range: 012S005E Section: 10 

 Township-range comments: NE4 



Survey date: 1989-07-07 Elevation: 6710 

 First observation: 1938 Slope/aspect: 0-3% / NW 



Last observation: 1989-07-07 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



GRAYLING CREEK, CA. 10 MILES NORTH OF WEST YELLOWSTONE ON 

 U.S. HWY. 191, ALONG CREEK SOUTH OF HWY . , 0.2 MILE EAST OF 

 JCT. WITH GALLATIN N.F. ROAD 98 6. 



Element occurrence data: 



100-3 00 STEMS, REPRODUCING VEGETATIVELY AND BY SEED; MANY 

 PLANTS ARE MORE BRANCHED AND LESS RHIZOMATOUS THAN 

 DESCRIBED; THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE COLOR RANGE MAY 

 INDICATE HYBRIDIZATION WITH C. MINIATA. 



General site description: 



SANDY LOAM SOILS AND GRAVELLY BANKS; SALIX-SEDGE-GRASS 

 BOTTOM, WITH PEDICULARIS GROENLANDICA, PHLEUM PRATENSE, 

 ASTRAGALUS MISER, HABENARIA DILATATA, GEUM MACROPHYLLUM, 

 GERANIUM RICHARDSONII, PRUNELLA VULGARIS, LONICERA 

 INVOLUCRATA, CASTILLEJA MINIATA. 



Land owner/manager: 



GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, HEBGEN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER - MATHEWS, S. (152), 1989, MONT; PROBABLE 

 VERIFICATION OF HISTORICAL COLLECTION SITE: COTNER, F.B. 

 (S.N.), 1938, SPECIMEN #47695, MONT. 



Information source: 



MATHEWS, SARAH. DEPT. OF BIOLOGY, MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, 

 BOZEMAN, MT 59717. 



Element Occurrence Record - Gallatin National Forest 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



