February 6, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



31 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES 

 Common Name: BITTERROOT MILKAAETCH 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



PROPOSED SENSITIVE 

 3C 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type: 



PDFAB0F7V0.004 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



SHEEP CORRAL GULCH 



AB 



LARGE POPULATION, FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION 



RANGELAND . 



County: BEAVERHEAD 

 USGS quadrangle: GRANT 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S 012W 26 27; 35 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1986-06-21 



1983 



1986-06-21 



Elevation: 6400 

 Slope/aspect: 7% / 

 Size (acres) : 150 



Location : 



NEAR HEAD OF SHEEP CORRAL GULCH, CA . 



6.5 AIR MILES NORTH OF GRANT. 



Element occurrence data: 



EST. 1500-2000+ INDIVIDUALS, 2 SUBPOPULATIONS ; EVIDENCE OF LIVESTOCK 

 GRAZING MODERATE TO HEAVY IN 1984, LIGHT IN 1986; CATTLE OBSERVED ON 

 THE SITE IN EARLY JUNE, 1984; 13% OF REPRODUCTIVE PLANTS PRODUCED 

 FRUIT (LESICA, UNPUBLISHED) . 



General site description: 



DIABASE PARENT MATERIAL; WITH ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, GUTIERREZIA 

 SAROTHRAE, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, AND ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES . 



Land owner/manager: 



3LM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments: 



Information source: SHELLY, J. S. 198 6. [FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD 

 COUNTY OF 18-22 JXWIE . ] 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (2976). 1984. MONTU. 



SHELLY, J. S. (1154) AND G. V. KING. 1986. MONTU. 



