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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: PDSCR1L3N0.025 



Survey site name: BRISTON LANE 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: HIGHLAND RANCH 



Township-range: 003S016W Section: 35 

 Township-range comments: NE4,S2 



Survey date: 1989-06-30 Elevation: 6260 

 First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: 8-15% / EAST 



Last observation: 1989-06-30 Size (acres) : 10 



Location: 



CA. 5.5 MILES SSW OF WISDOM. CA. 3.5 MILES ALONG BRISTON 

 LANE, JUST WEST OF THE ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 

 110 PLANTS IN 1989. 



General site description: 



SITE WAS BURNED (SAGEBRUSH GONE) AND IS GRAZED. ASSOCIATED 

 SPECIES INCLUDE AGROPYRON SPICATUM, STIPA COMATA, ERIOGONUM 

 UMBELLATUM VAR SUBALPINUM, SEDUM LANCEOLATUM, GERANIUM 

 VISCOSISSIMUM AND SPERGULA ARVENSIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



BURNING AND GRAZING APPEARS TO HAVE IMPROVED THE HABITAT FOR 

 P. LEMHIENSIS. 



Information source: 



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

 26-3 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Montana Natural Heritage Program 



