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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. 018 



Survey site name: KEARNS CREEK 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: SMALLER POPULATION; SOME MINING AND 



GRAZING NEARBY. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ERMONT 



Township-range: 006S011W Section: 16 

 Township-range comments: NE4 , 15N2SW4 ,S2NW4 



Survey date: 1987-06-17 Elevation: 6900 

 First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1988 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



PIONEER MOUNTAINS, KEARNS CREEK, ADJACENT TO SILVER RULE 

 MINE; ABOUT 0.5 AIR MILE SOUTHWEST OF RED BUTTE; ABOUT 0.75 

 AIR MILE WEST OF RATTLESNAKE CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



52 PLANTS COUNTED, 4 SUBPOPULATIONS (1987); MOST ABUNDANT ON 

 EAST-FACING SLOPE ALONG CREEK, ON GRAVELLY OPEN SLOPE; SOME 

 GRAZING AND MINING ACTIVITY IN THE AREA; FIFTH 

 SUBPOPULATION, CONTAINING 40 PLANTS, LOCATED IN 1988 BY K. 

 SCOW. 



General site description: 



GRAVELLY LOAM SOILS; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA 

 IDAHOENSIS, WITH SENECIO CANUS, BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA, 

 HELIANTHELLA QUINQUENERVIS, LUPINUS SERICEUS, PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII, PINUS CONTORTA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1342), 1987, MONTU. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1987. FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY OF 

 16-19 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Montana Natural Heritage Program 



