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MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES 

 Common Name: BITTERROOT MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: PROPOSED SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F7V0 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



COLD SPRING CREEK 

 C 



SEE U84LES01MT. 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: BANNACK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S OllW 15 SW4; 16 E2SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1984-06-11 Elevation: 5750 - 



First observation: 1984 Slope/aspect: 27% / SW 



Last observation: 1984-06-11 Size (acres): 30 



Location: 



"LOCATED 2 KM SOUTHEAST OF THE BON ACCORD SITE" (EO #001); CA. 5 KM 

 SE. OF BANNACK. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 100 INDIVIDUALS; EVIDENCE OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LIVESTOCK GRAZING; 

 25% OF REPRODUCTIVE PLANTS PRODUCED FRUIT (LESICA, UNPUBLISHED) . 



General site description: 



PARENT MATERIAL UNKNOWN; WITH ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, A. FRIGIDA, 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM, 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 UNPUBLISHED REPORT TO THE U.S. FISH AND 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 : 



