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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. 009 



Survey site name: FRENCH CREEK 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION; NATIVE HABITAT, BUT 



NEAR ROAD AND MINES. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ERMONT 



Township-range: 006S011W Section: 11 

 Township-range comments: E2, 14NE4NW4, 2SE4SE4 , 1W2SW4 



Survey date: 1986-06-19 Elevation: 7000 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1989-07-27 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



PIONEER MOUNTAINS, SLOPES ALONG WEST SIDE OF FRENCH CREEK, 

 ALONG THE FRENCH CREEK-THIEF CREEK ROAD (BEAVERHEAD N.F. RD. 

 #606) 4 AIR MILES NW. OF ARGENTA; ALSO, MOUTH OF RED GULCH. 



Element occurrence data: 



138 PLANTS COUNTED (CA. 150 TOTAL) IN MAIN POPULATION, WITH 

 22 PLANTS COUNTED IN SUBPOPULATION AT THE MOUTH OF RED GULCH 

 (1986); 1845 PLANTS, IN 13 SUBPOPULATIONS , COUNTED IN 1988 

 (K. SCOW); AREA SUBJECT TO MINING DISTURBANCE; TWO 

 MONITORING TRANSECTS ESTABLISHED IN 1989. 



General site description: 



STEEP, E. & SE. -FACING SLOPES, IN GRAVELLY LOAM SOILS; 

 ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS/AGROPYRON SPICATUM, 

 WITH JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, ARTEMISIA 

 FRIGIDA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1130) AND G.V. KING, 1986, MONTU. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1986. FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY OF 

 18-22 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Montana Natural Heritage Program 



