Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS BARRII 

 Common Name: BARR'S MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F150 . 006 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: EKALAKA 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: CARTER 



USGS quadrangle: EKALAKA 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 002N 058E 29 28; 33 



Precision: G 



Survey date: 1943- Elevation: 3700 



First observation: 1943 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1943- Size (acres) : 



Location: 



"FROM EKALAKA, MONTANA" (BARNEBY, 1964; HISTORICAL RECORD). 



Element occurrence data: 



UNKNOWN; MAP SHOWS NUMEROUS "BUTTES" IN THE VICINITY OF EKALAKA. 



General site description: 



"GULLIED KNOLLS, BUTTES AND BARREN HILLTOPS, ... ON LIMESTONE OR 

 SANDSTONE" (BARNEBY, 1964). 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



FIELD SURVEYS IN 1986, 1988, AND 1989 HAVE NOT RELOCATED THIS SPECIES 

 IN THE EKALAKA AREA. 



Information source: SCHASSBERGER, L. A. 1990. REPORT ON THE 



CONSERVATION STATUS OF ASTRAGALUS BARRII, A 

 CANDIDATE THREATENED SPECIES. UNPUBLISHED REPORT 

 TO THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, DENVER. 

 MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM, HELENA, MT . 85 

 PP. 



Specimens: SCHUNK AND SCHWANTZ (S.N.). 1943. UTC. 



