CASTILLEJA GRACILLIMA 

 SLENDER PAINTBRUSH 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR0D150 . 007 



Global rank: G3G4 Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 State rank: SU 



Survey site name: SNOWFLAKE SPRINGS 

 County: Gallatin 



USGS quadrangle: SUNSHINE POINT 



Township-range: 009S004E Section: 12 

 Township-range comments: SE4 ;T9SR5E: 18NE4NW4 



Survey date: 1989-08-02 Elevation: 6680 



First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: 8-15% / 

 NORTH 



Last observation: 1989-08-02 Size (acres) : 15 



Location: 



GALLATIN RIVER DRAINAGE, SNOWFLAKE SPRINGS, AND ALONG THE 

 RIVER 0.85 AIR MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE SPRINGS, 0.2-1.2 MILES 

 NORTHWEST OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY, ALONG U.S. 

 HWY. 191, SOUTH OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



1001-10,000 STEMS ESTIMATED, REPRODUCING VEGETATIVELY AND BY 

 SEED; MANY PLANTS ARE MORE BRANCHED AND LESS RHIZOMATOUS 

 THAN DESCRIBED; THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE COLOR RANGE 

 INDICATE PROBABLE HYBRIDIZATION WITH C. MINIATA. 



General site description: 



IN SATURATED MEADOW AROUND LIMESTONE SPRINGS; RIVER 

 BOTTOM-FOREST ECOTONE, WITH CASTILLEJA MINIATA, ZYGADENUS 

 ELEGANS, POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, SALIX WOLFII, MIMULUS 

 GUTTATUS, GENTIANOPSIS DETONSA, HERACLEUM LANATUM, RHAMNUS 

 ALNIFOLIA, SYMPHORICARPOS ALBUS . 



Land owner/manager: 



GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, HEBGEN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER - MATHEWS, S. (273), 1989, MONT. 



Information source: 



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

 BOZEMAN, MT 59717. 



Element Occurrence Record - Gallatin National Forest 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



