February 6, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ERIGERON LINEARIS 

 Common Name: LINEARLEAF FLEABANE 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type: 



PDAST3M2B0.003 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



ERMONT GULCH 



D 



ACCIDENTAL? SMALL POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ARGENTA 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 007S OlOW 6 SE4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1995-06-14 

 1995-06-14 

 1995-06-14 



Elevation: 6020 

 Slope/aspect: 5% / 

 Size (acres) : 1 



Location : 



CA. 10 MILES WEST OF DILLON. FROM DILLON, TAKE HWY 91 SOUTHWEST CA. 

 3.5 MILES TO BADGER PASS EXIT. GO WEST CA. 6.5 MILES TO ERMONT GULCH 

 ROAD. TAKE THIS ROAD CA . 3 MILES NORTHWEST. POPULATION IS NORTH OF 

 I ROAD . 



Element occurrence data: 



OVER 50 MULTISTEMMED PLANTS, IN FLOWER 14 JUNE 1995. RESTRICTION OF 

 POPULATION TO SMALL AREA REMOVED OF ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA INDICATES IT 



MAY BE ACCIDENTAL. 



General site description: 



ROLLING SAGEBRUSH FOOTHILLS ON ERMONT GULCH, LOCALLY DOMINATED BY 

 ■-.GROPYRON SPICATUM, ON DRY GENTLE SLOPE OVER DIABASE. ASSOCIATED 

 SPECIES: HAPLOPAPPUS ACAULIS, ARENARIA KINGII, OXYTROPIS SERICEA, 

 CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments: 



DISTURBANCE BY OLD MINING OPERATION. 



Information source; 



HEIDEL, BONNIE. [BOTANIST] MONTANA NATURAL 

 HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVENUE, P.O. BOX 

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: 4 06/444-3009. 



Specimens: HEIDEL, B. (1343). 1995. MONTU. 



