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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. Oil 



Survey site name: ECHO GULCH 



EO rank: AB 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION, MOSTLY IN UNDISTURBED 



HABITAT . 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: VIPOND PARK 



Township-range: 001S011W Section: 36 

 Township-range comments: W2,35E2SE4 



Survey date: 1986-07-08 Elevation: 8100 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1986-07-08 Size (acres) : 45 



Location: 



NEAR HEAD OF ECHO GULCH, SLOPES 0-0.5 AIR MI. N. OF VIPOND 

 PARK, ALONG BEAVERHEAD N.F. RD. 187; 0.5-0.75 AIR MI. W. AND 

 SW. OF QUARTZ HILL, PIONEER MOUNTAINS. 



Element occurrence data: 



252 PLANTS COUNTED IN SOUTH SUBPOPULATION, 100-150 PLANTS IN 

 NORTH SUBPOPULATION; IN FLOWER; MINING TEST PITS OBSERVED 

 NEAR NORTH SUBPOPULATION. 



General site description: 



SOUTH AND EAST-FACING SLOPES, ON GRAVELLY SILT LOAM SOILS; 

 PINUS CONTORTA/GRASSLAND, WITH PEDICULARIS CONTORTA, TOWN- 

 SENDIA PARRYI, ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1199), 1986, MONTU ; AREA NEEDS 

 ADDITIONAL SURVEY. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1986. FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY OF 8-9 



JULY. 



Element Occurrence Record - Montana Natural Heritage Program 



