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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 . 07 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: MOUTH OF GRASSHOPPER CREEK 



EO rank: X 

 EO rank comments: NOT RELOCATED DURING 1983 FIELD SURVEY BY LESICA. 

 PRESUMED EXTIRPATED. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: DALYS 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S OlOW 25 26; 27 



Precision: G 



Survey date: 1983 Elevation: 5300 - 



First observation: 1947 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1960-06-10 Size (acres): 



Location: „ ..^. „„ 



GRASSHOPPER CREEK W. (SIC) OF DILLON; HITCHCOCK RECORD SAYS "12 MILES 



SOUTH OF DILLON. " 

 Element occurrence data: 



General site description: 

 SAGEBRUSH HILLS. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



"omments: 



EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. 



information source: LESICA, P. 1984. THE DISTRIBUTION AND REPRODUCTION 

 EFFORT OF THE RARE PLANT ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES IN 

 MONTANA AND IDAHO. UNPUBLISHED REPORT PREPARED FOR 

 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, BIG SKY FIELD OFFICE, 

 HELENA, MT. 14 PP. 



Specimens: BYERSON, D. (835). 1960. MONT. WTU . 



HITCHCOCK, C. L. (15799). 1947. NY. MONT. WTU. 



