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February 6, 199S MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 



Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: SPHAEROMERIA ARGENTEA % 



I Common Name: CHICKEN SAGE 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDAST8S010 . 007 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: TENMILE HOUSE 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



uses quadrangle: BURNS MOUNTAIN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 007S OlOW 21 NW4 



Precision: S 



survey date: Elevation: 5900 - 



First observation: 1995-07-09 Slope/aspect: 5^ / EAST 



Last observation: 1995-07-09 Size (acres) : 1 



^°"^°"io AIR MILES WEST OF DILLON AND CA. 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF TENMILE 

 HOUSE (JUNCTION OF HWY 278 WITH THE BON ACCORD ROAD) . 



^ Element occurrence data: „^„„ 



CA. 5 PLANTS, 70% EARLY FLOWERING, 3 0% VEGETATIVE. 



'^"^;PEn''dKy'cRESt''gSvELLV loam. ARTEMISIA ARBUSCUI^ HABITAT TYPE 



ASSOCIATED SPEC ES: STIPA COMATA, ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, PHLOX MUSCOIDES, 

 pSsTEMON ARIDUS, OXYTROPIS SERICEA, ELYMUS SPICATUS, ERIGERON 

 COMPOSITUS. 



L-. d owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



''^'"'^ObSeRVED by J. VANDERHORST. MODERATE GRAZING IN THE PAST 



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

 OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5438). 1995. MONT. 



