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MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES 

 Common Name: BITTERROOT MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G3 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



PROPOSED SENSITIVE 

 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F7V0 . 01 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



BON ACCORD BENCH 

 A 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: BANNACK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S OllW 08 SE4; 9 SW4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1984-06-11 



1983 



1984-06-11 



Elevation: 5900 

 Slope/aspect: 13% / 

 Size (acres) : 30 



Location: 



2 KM SOUTHEAST OF BANNACK. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 200-300 INDIVIDUALS; NO SIGNS OF RECENT LIVESTOCK GRAZING; 30% OF 

 REPRODUCTIVE PLANTS PRODUCED FRUIT (LESICA, UNPUBLISHED) . 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY SILT FROM LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL; WITH ARTEMISIA 

 TRIDENTATA, A. NOVA, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, AND STIPA COMATA. 



land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Information source: 



LESICA, P. 1984. REPORT ON THE CONSERVATION STATUS 

 OF ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES, A CANDIDATE THREATENED 

 SPECIES. UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO THE U.S. FISH AND 

 WILDLIFE SERVICE, DENVER, CO, 20 PP. PLUS 

 APPENDICES. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (2697, 2988). 1983, 1984. (MONTU) 



