February 6, 1995 



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: 



PDAST8S010.006 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



ROCKY HILLS 



B 



LIMITED SIZE, GOOD CONDITION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 

 USGS quadrangle: GRANT 



Township: Range: Section: 

 008S OllW 30 



TRS comments: 

 NW4; 19 SW4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1995-07-22 Elevation: 6800 - 7000 

 1995-07-22 Slope/aspect: 1-10% / SOUTH, SW 

 1995-07-22 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



CA. 2.5 MILES DUE SOUTH OF BANNACK HWY ON COUNTY ROAD. CA. 3 MILES 

 EAST ON BLM RD 1827, CA. 0.5 MILE ON 2-TRACK FORK TO RIDGE. 

 POPULATIONS LIE 0.2-0.5 MILE NORTH. 



Element occurrence data: 



>200 PLANTS IN 2 SUBPOPULATIONS , EACH WITH >100 PLANTS. FRUITING WITH 

 A FEW PLANTS IN LATE FLOWER. 



General site description: 



RESTRICTED TO MICROHABITAT PATCHES. OPEN LIMESTONE GRAVEL OVER SLIT 

 UPPERSLOPE ASSOCIATED WITH ROCK OUTCROPS. MADISON GROUP PARENT 

 MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: AGROPYRON SPICATUM (SPARSE PHASE), 

 PENSTEMON ARIDUS, ARTEMISIA ARBUSCULA, PETROPHYTON CAESPITOSUM, 

 DELPHINIUM SPP., LOMATIUM ATTENUATUM, POA SCABRELLA, TOWNSENDIA 

 NUTTALLII, ERIOGONUM MANCUM. 



Land ovmer/manager : 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



SURVEYED BY B. HEIDEL. AREA TO THE NORTH IS EXTENSIVELY MINED, 

 ALTHOUGH THERE ARE FEW ADITS AROUND PLANTS. 



Information source: 



HEIDEL, BONNIE. [BOTANIST] MONTANA NATURAL 

 HERITAGE PROGPJ^i , 1515 EAST SIXTH AVENUE, P.O. BOX 

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: 406/444-3009. 



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