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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. 004 



Survey site name: NORTH FORK RYE CREEK 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: FAIRLY SMALL POPULATION, IN WEEDY 



HABITAT. 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: ROBBINS GULCH 



Township-range: 003N020W Section: 25 

 Township-range comments: NW4SW4 ,SW4NW4 



Survey date: 1989-06-26 Elevation: 4320 

 First observation: 1952 Slope/aspect: 35% / WEST 



Last observation: 1989-06-26 Size (acres) : 3 



Location: 



WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS, NORTH FORK RYE 

 CREEK DRAINAGE, EAST SIDE OF BITTERROOT N.F. RD. #321, 0.2 

 AND 0.35 MILES NORTH OF RYE CREEK RD. (#75), CA. 7.5 AIR 

 MILES ESE OF DARBY. 



Element occurrence data: 



TWO SUBPOPULATIONS ; 72 PLANTS (SOUTH), WITH 65 ON SLOPE 

 ABOVE ROADCUT; 11 PLANTS (NORTH), ALL ON ROADCUT; HABITAT 

 HEAVILY INFESTED WITH WEEDS; LARGEST POPULATION KNOWN IN 

 RAVALLI COUNTY. 



General site description: 



SANDY TO GRAVELLY GRANITIC SOILS, ON STEEP WEST-FACING 

 SLOPES; PINUS PONDEROSA/PURSHIA TRIDENTATA HABITAT, WITH 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM, KOELERIA CRISTATA, PENSTEMON ALBERTINUS, 

 BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA, PHACELIA LINEARIS, GERANIUM 

 VISCOSISSIMUM, CENTAUREA MACULOSA, BROMUS TECTORUM, 

 LITHOSPERMUM RUDERALE, MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



VOUCHER - SHELLY, J.S. (1565) AND A. KRATZ, 1989; PROBABLE 

 RELOCATION OF HISTORICAL RECORD: WRIGHT, J.C. (S.N.), 1952, 

 MONT: "10 MILES E. OF DARBY, SAPPHIRE MTS . FOOTHILLS, SANDY 

 GRANITIC SOIL, PONDEROSA PINE ZONE." 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS IN RAVALLI COUNTY, 26-29 JUNE, 



E lenient Occurrence Record - Montana Natural Heritage Program 



