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MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: PENSTEMON LEMHIENSIS 

 Common Name: LEMHI BEARDTONGUE 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR1L3N0 . 014 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EG rank comments 



ERMONT GULCH 



C 



SMALL POPULATION, NATIVE HABITAT IMPACTED BY 



GRAZING. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ERMONT 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 006S OllW 33 NE4SE4; 34 W2 



Precision 



" Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1986-06-20 Elevation: 6740 

 1986 Slope/aspect: 



1989-07-27 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



CA 4.3 AIR MI. WSW. OF ARGENTA, ALONG BEAVERHEAD N.F. RD . #7467 AT 

 HEAD OF ERMONT GULCH, CA. 2.2 AIR MI. N. OF BADGER PASS, PIONEER 

 MOUNTAINS . 



Element occurrence data : 



76 PLANTS COUNTED (1986); ONLY ONE PLANT SEEN IN 1989; AREA SUBJECT TO 

 MODERATE TO HEAVY GRAZING. 



G^.neral site description: 



SE-FACING SLOPE, LOAM SOILS; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, 

 ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA, KOELERIA MACRANTHA, COMANDRA UMBELLATA, 

 ERIOGONU"M. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 

 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. (1146) AND G. V. KING. 1986. MONTU . 



