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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. 02 



Survey site name: SELWAY CREEK 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: VERY SMALL POPULATION; NATIVE HABITAT, 



SOME GRAZING IMPACTS. 



County : BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: KITTY CREEK 



Township-range: 008S015W Section: 27 

 Township-range comments: SW4NE4 



Survey date: 1989-06-29 Elevation: 7200 

 First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: 20-30% / EAST 



Last observation: 1989-06-29 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



BLOODY DICK CREEK DRAINAGE, SLOPES ABOVE SELWAY CREEK, ABOUT 

 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RESERVOIR LAKE; ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF 

 MONTANA-IDAHO STATE LINE. 



Element occurrence data: 



SIX PLANTS OBSERVED, IN 2 CLUMPS (19 JUNE 1987); FLOWERING; 

 PLANTS ASSOCIATED WITH STEEP ROCK OUTCROP AREAS, AND NOT 

 OBSERVED IN DENSER SURROUNDING VEGETATION. 10 PLANTS 

 OBSERVED IN 1989. 



General site description: 



ROCK OUTCROPS; ARTEMISIA TRIDENT AT A/ FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, WITH 

 ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM, PHACELIA FRANKLINII, SEDUM 

 LANCEOLATUM, LUPINUS SERICEUS, PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, PICO. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



VOUCHER-SHELLY, J.S. (1344), 1987, MONTU. SHELLY, J.S. 1987. 

 FIELD SURVEYS OF BEAVERHEAD COUNTY OF 16-19 JUNE. 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA 

 26-30 JUNE (Penstemon lemhiensis) . 



Element Occurrence Record - Montana Natural Heritaae Proaram 



