February G, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: SPHAEROMERIA ARGENTEA 

 Common Name: CHICKEN SAGE 



Global rank: G3 

 State rank: S3 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type; 



PDAST8S010.004 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



ROCKY HILLS 



A 



NEAR PRISTINE. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 

 USGS quadrangle: GRANT 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S 012W 1 S2; 12 NE4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1994-06-29 Elevation: 6400 - 6800 

 1994-06-29 Slope/aspect: 20% / SW 

 1994-06-29 Size (acres) : 



Location : 



CA. 5 MILES NORTH OF GRANT ON GRAVEL ROAD TO BANNACK STATE PARK, TURN 

 EAST ON DIRT ROAD AND FOLLOW TO ROCKY WELL. TRAVEL OVERLAND CA. 1.5 

 AIR MILES WNW. PLANTS ARE ON SOUTHWEST SLOPES OF ROCKY HILLS. 



Element occurrence data: 



5000-10,000 PLANTS WITH 3 SUBPOPULATIONS , 100% IN EARLY BUD. SOME 

 INFECTED WITH FUNGUS (RUST?). 



GenTal site description: 



DRY, OPEN RESIDUAL MIDSLOPE. LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, GRAVELLY CLAY 

 TOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PINUS FLEXILIS, CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, 

 ELYMUS SPICATUS, HAPLOPAPPUS ACAULIS, KOELERIA MACRANTHA, ERIGERON 

 TWEEDYI, ERIGERON COMPOSITUS, PENSTEMON ARIDUS, IVESIA GORDONII, 

 PENSTEMON ERIANTHERUS, JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. [BOTANIST] . 1515 LAKE STREET, 

 OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5211). 1994. MONT. 



