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MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES 

 ^ommon Name: BITTERROOT MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: PROPOSED SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F7V0 . 009 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



GRASSHOPPER CREEK 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: BANNACK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S OllW 08 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



Elevation: 5900 

 1983 Slope/aspect: 



1983-06-26 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



0.25 MILE NORTH OF GPJiSSHOPPER CREEK. (CA. 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

 BANNACK . ) 



Element occurrence data: 

 UNCOMMON . 



General site description: 



ON A LOWER EAST-FACING SLOPE OF A SIDE DRAINAGE, CALCAREOUS PARENT. 

 ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, AGROPYRON SPICATUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND {INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



HERBARIUM LABEL READS "5700 FT."; OCCURRENCE MAPPED AT 5900 FT. 



Information source: LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 406/728-8740. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (2673). 1983. SPECIMEN #92922 . MONTU. (MRPP 

 CARD) . . 



