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PENSTEMON LEMHIENSIS 

 LEMHI BEARDTONGUE 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR1L3N0.003 



Survey site name: LEMHI PASS 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: MODERATE-SIZED POPULATIONS, IN NATIVE 



HABITAT & ALONG ROAD. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: LEMHI PASS 



Township-range: 010S015W Section: 15 

 Township-range comments: SE4NW4 ,NE4SE4 , 14SW4 



Survey date: 1986-06-22 Elevation: 6960 

 First observation: 1983 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1989-06-29 Size (acres) : 15 



Location: 



NORTH SIDE OF LEMHI PASS ROAD (BEAVERHEAD N.F. RD. 3909.2), 

 1.0-1.6 AIR MILES SE. OF LEMHI PASS, CA. 1.4-2.0 MILES WEST 

 OF SELWAY RANCH. 



Element occurrence data: 



164 PLANTS COUNTED, 3 SUBPOPULATIONS ; CA. 90% OF THE PLANTS 

 OCCUR ON NATIVE SAGEBRUSH SLOPES ABOVE THE ROAD; SPECIES 

 OCCURS IN MORE OPEN, GRAVELLY AREAS. 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY LOAM SOILS, ON SW. TO SE. -FACING SLOPES; ARTEMISIA 

 TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, WITH PHACELIA HETEROPHYLLA, 

 BROMUS TECTORUM, LUPINUS, PHLOX, POA, ACHILLEA, ROSA, 

 MAHONIA REPENS, GERANIUM VISCOSISSIMUM, HELIANTHELLA 

 UNIFLORA, ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM VAR INTECTUM AND VAR 

 SUBALPINUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1155) AND G.V. KING, 1986, MONTU; 

 SCHASSBERGER, L.A. (302), 1989. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA, 

 26-30 JUNE (PENSTEMON LEMHIENSIS) . 



Element Occurrence Record - Montana Natural Heritage Program 



