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PENSTEMON LEMHI ENS IS 

 LEMHI BEARDTONGUE 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



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Element occurrence code: PDSCR1L3N0. 007 



Survey site name: MEDICINE TREE CREEK 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: VERY SMALL POPULATION, MOSTLY ON 



ROADSIDE, WEEDY AREA. 



County: RAVALLI 



USGS quadrangle: ROBBINS GULCH 



Township-range: 002N020W Section: 21 

 Township-range comments: NE4SE4,SW4NE4 



Survey date: 1989-06-29 Elevation: 4150 

 First observation: 1950 Slope/aspect: 8-35% / S,SW 



Last observation: 1989-06-29 Size (acres) : 2 



Location: 



EAST FORK BITTERROOT RIVER DRAINAGE, NORTH SIDE OF U.S. HWY. 

 93, 0.1 MI. WEST OF MEDICINE TREE CREEK, AND 0.3 AIR MI. 

 NORTHWEST OF HWY. BRIDGE OVER CREEK, CA. 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST 

 OF CONNER. 



Element occurrence data: 



10 PLANTS OBSERVED, 7 ON ROADCUT, 3 ON SLOPES ABOVE. 



General site description: 



GRANITIC, GRAVELLY TO SANDY LOAM SOILS, ON ROADCUT AND WEEDY 

 SLOPES; PINUS PONDEROSA/PURSHIA TRIDENTATA HABITAT, WITH 

 CENTAUREA MACULOSA, BROMUS TECTORUM, KOELERIA CRISTATA, 

 BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA, PHACELIA LINEARIS, P. HETEROPHYLLA, 

 PHYSARIA GEYERI, ALYSSUM ALYSSOIDES, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, 

 VERBASCUM THAPSUS, ARABIS HOLBOELLII. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



VOUCHER - SHELLY, J.S. (1568) AND A. KRATZ , 1989; POSSIBLE 

 RELOCATION OF HISTORICAL RECORD: MCCALL, T.G. & V.C. (352), 

 1950, MONTU (49394): "BETWEEN CONNER AND SULA, ON ROCKY 

 HILLSIDE ABOVE RIVER." 



Information source: 



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

 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Montana Natural Heritage Program 



