Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS RACEMOSUS 

 Common Name: RACEME MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G5T4 Forest Service status; 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F7C1 . 006 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: COTTONWOOD CREEK 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: 



County: CARTER 



USGS quadrangle: BLACK POINT NE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 007S 059E 29 E2; 28 SW4 ; 20 E2 . 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1997-07-06 Elevation: 3440 - 3500 



First observation: 1997-07-06 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1997-07-06 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



CA. 13 AIR MILES NORTHWEST OF ALZADA RIDGE SYSTEM, NORTH OF BRIDGE 

 OVER SOUTH COTTONWOOD CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 2000 PLANTS IN 40 ACRES AND SCATTERED WAIFS OVER 2 MILES. 50% IN 

 FLOWER, 50% EARLY FRUIT. 



General site description: 



ON OPEN, DRY MIDSLOPE IN CLAY SOIL OVER SHALE IN ROLLING UPLANDS. 

 ASSOCIATED PLANTS INCLUDE STIPA VIRIDULA, ERIOGONUM PAUCIFLORUM, 

 KRASCHENINIKOVIA LANATA, GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE, AGROPYRON 

 DASYSTACHYUM, HYMENOXYS ACAULIS, STANLEYA PINNATA, DALEA CANDIDA, 

 ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES, AND ZYGADENUS VENENOSUS . 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



BLM: MILES CITY DISTRICT, POWDER RIVER RESOURCE AREA 



Comments: 



HIGH FORB DIVERSITY, LITTLE APPARENT USE OF LAND FOR GRAZING IN RECENT 

 YEARS . 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. [BOTANIST]. P.O. BOX 1026, TROY, 

 MT 59935. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5713). 1997. MONT. 

 VANDERHORST, J. (5713). 1997. MONTU . 



