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February 6, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS TERMINALIS 

 Common Name: RAILHEAD MILKVETCH 



Iblobal rank: G3G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F8U0 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: PIPE ORGAN ROCK 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: LARGE, DENSE POPULATION THREATENED BY WEED 

 INVASION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: DALYS 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



009S OlOW 



Precision: S 

 Survey date: 

 First observation: 

 Last observation: 



03 E2NE4, E2SE4, S2NW4 



1994-06-20 Elevation: 5700 

 1983 Slope/aspect: 



1994-06-20 Size (acres) : 10 



"^"^^^""io MILES SOUTH OF DILLON ON 1-15; TAKE FRONTAGE ROAD NEAR 



GRASSHOPPER CREEK; SITE IS CA. 1 MILE SOUTH OF GRASSHOPPER CREEK. 



l''^'":994°':i00rrLA^TriN flower. 19B3: S.^L POPULATION (LESS THAN 50 

 PLANTS); MUCH DISTURBANCE BY LIVESTOCK; THERE IS AN OLD ROAD. 



'^""oiTH'^DloRTH^FfciNG SLOPES ABOVE DRY DRAINAGES. STONY TILL SOIL.; 

 SAGEBRUSH-BUNCHGRASS: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/AGROPYRON 

 SPICATUM/ARTEMISIA TRIPARTITA. WITH ELYMUS SPICATUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



''°"''"^SI?E IS IN EXCAVATED AREA AROUND STOCKPOND HEAVILY INFESTED WITH 

 CHEATgLsS, sSe?CLOVER and HOUNDSTONGUE; browsed HEADS OBSERVED^ 



seSIo^b Population not relocated in i994 by vanderhorst^ possibility 



QTTF MISMAPPED BY LESICA IN 1983. HABITAT IN NE4 OF SECTION 3 IS 

 ^ET?ER G^SsSnD wShOUT SAGEBRUSH. LOWER SLOPES INVADED BY MELITOTUS 

 OFFICINALE AND OTHER EXOTICS. 



TTjQTra PPTFR DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 

 Infor.at.on source: ;;^^i^3^^f ^^^ .^J^f^^, ,,3S0ULA, MT 59812. PHONE 



406/728-8740. 



specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5201). 1994. ^^^^l^fj^^'lll;^^''''''^- 

 LESICA, P. (2701). 1983. SPECIMEN #092921. MONTU. 



