February 6, 1996 ^ j- 



MONTANA NATUR?VL 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 . 014 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



HENNEBERRY FAS 



D 



HEAVILY GRAZED AND TRAMPLED. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: DALYS 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S OlOW 10 SW4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



S 



1994-06-20 Elevation: 5400 - 5640 



1994-06-20 Slope/aspect: 0-10% / SOUTH 



1994-06-20 Size (acres) : 30 



Location: 



FIRST DRAINAGE OF BEAVERHEAD RIVER SOUTH OF PIPE ORGAN CREEK, WEST OF 

 FRONTAGE ROAD, HWY 91, AND BEAVERHEAD RIVER. 



Element occurrence data: 

 I <50 PLANTS, FRUIT PRESENT. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN LOWERSLOPE, FINE SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: CHRYSOTHAMNUS 

 NAUSEOSUS, ELYMUS SPICATUS, ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, OPUNTIA POLYCANTHA, 

 MELILOTUS OFFICINALE, ASTRAGALUS ATROPUBESCENS . 



Land owner/manager: 



HENNEBERRY FISHING ACCESS SITE 



Comments: 



SITE HEAVILY GRAZED AND TRAMPLED. MOST INFLORESCENCES BROWSED, SOME 

 PLANTS GRAZED TO GROUND. 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. [BOTANIST]. 1515 LAKE STREET, 

 OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5197). 1994. SPECIMEN #119504 . MONT. 



