February 6, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



45 



Scientific Name: PHACELIA INCANA 

 Common Name: HOARY PHACELIA 



Global rank: G3G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDHYD0C270 . 006 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BANNACK 



EO rank: AB 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION, PRIME POTENTIAL HABITAT, 

 POTENTIAL WEED COMPETITION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: BANNACK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S OllW 5 S2 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-06-14 Elevation: 6200 - 7000 



First observation: 1995-06-14 Slope/aspect: 15-80% / S, E, W 



Last observation: 1995-06-14 Size (acres): 



Location : 



BANNACK STATE PARK; RIDGE NORTHEAST OF TOWNS ITE AND NEXT RIDGE SYSTEM 

 TO EAST ON ELM LANDS. 



Element occurrence data: 



OVER 1000 PLANTS, IN EARLY FLOWERING 14 JUNE 1995. DISTRIBUTED IN 

 PATCHES ACROSS RIDGE COMPLEX WITH CORE SUBPOPULATIONS ON THE TWO 

 RIDGES. 



G.neral site description: 



EXPOSED LIMESTONE RIDGE SLOPES WITH OUTCROP AND COLLUVIUM COMBINATION, 

 DOMINATED BY CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS AND AGROPYRON SPICATUM. OFTEN MOST 

 COMMON ON LEAF LITTER BELOW CERCOCARPUS. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ORYZOPSIS 

 HYMENOIDES, ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, DESCURAINIA RICHARDSONII , THLASPI 

 ARVENSE . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 BANNACK STATE HISTORIC PARK 



Information source: HEIDEL, BONNIE. [BOTANIST] MONTANA NATURAL 



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

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: 406/444-3 009. 



Specimens: HEIDEL, B. (1346). 1995. MONT. 



