February G, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



50 



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 . 019 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BADGER PASS NORTH 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: MODERATE -SIZED POPULATION; FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION 

 RANGELAND. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: BANNACK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



007S OllW 09 NE4NE4; 10 NW4 ; 3 SW4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1987-06-18 



1987 



1989-07-28 



Elevation: 6980 

 Slope/aspect : 

 Size (acres) : 4 



Location: 



SOUTHERN PIONEER MOUNTAINS, 0.7-1.2 AIR MILES NNE . OF BADGER PASS; 

 ABOUT 15 AIR MILES WEST OF DILLON. 



Element occurrence data: 



ABOUT 200 PLANTS COUNTED, POPULATION = EST. 300+ PLANTS, 3 

 SUBPOPULATIONS OBSERVED; FLOWERING; NUMEROUS PLANTS GROWING THROUGH 

 BRANCHES OF SAGEBRUSH SHRUBS; AREA IS LIGHTLY TO MODERATELY GRAZED; 

 PERMANENT MONITORING TRANSECT ESTABLISHED IN 1989. 



General site description: 



BROWN LOAM SOILS; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, WITH 

 PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA, LUPINUS SERICEUS, 

 ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA, ASTER STENOMERES . 



Lend owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



Information source: SHELLY, J. S. 1987. [FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD 

 COUNTY OF 16-19 JUNE.] 



Specimens: SHELLY, J. S. (1343). 1987. MONTU. 



