February 6, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: PENSTEMON LEMHIENSIS 

 Common Name: LEMHI BEARDTONGUE 



Global rank: G3 

 State rank: S2 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR1L3N0 . 005 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



BADGER PASS 



LARGE POPULATION, MOSTLY NATIVE HABITAT, FENCE 

 EXCLOSURE. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: BANNACK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 007S OllW 22 N2NW4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1986-06-20 Elevation: 7260 - 

 1972-06-27 Slope/aspect: 35% / SW, E-NE 

 1989-06-14 Size (acres) : 10 



Location : 



1.4 5 AIR MILES SSE. OF BADGER PASS, ADJACENT TO MICROWAVE TOWER ON 

 GRAVEL ROAD 1.3 AIR MI. S. OF BIG HOLE ROAD (ST. HWY . 278), CA. 4.5 

 AIR MI. NNE. OF BANNACK. 



Element occurrence data: 



198 9: VERY FEW PLANTS OBSERVED, i^J^D NONE FOUND INSIDE EXCLOSURE. 1986: 

 190 PLANTS COUNTED; CA. 75 PLANTS ARE WITHIN A FENCE EXCLOSURE WHICH 

 WAS CONSTRUCTED TO PROTECT PART OF THE POPULATION. 1972: SCARCE. 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY LOAM SOILS, MIDSLOPE; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/ PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS/AGROPYRON SPICATUM, LUPINUS LEUCOPHYLLUS , 

 ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA, GEUM, SEDUM, PINUS FLEXILIS, SELAGINELLA 

 DENSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Information source: SHELLY, J. S. 1986. [FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD 

 COUNTY OF 18-22 JUNE.] 



Specimens: SHELLY, J. S. (1147) AND G . V . KING. 1986. MONTU. 

 KOVALCHICK, B. L. (199). 1972. MRC . 



