Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS RACEMOSUS 

 Common Name: RACEME MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G5T4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F7C1 . 007 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: DUNCAN CREEK 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: RELATIVELY FEW, WIDELY SCATTERED PLANTS; NOT 

 GRAZED FOR 12 YEARS. 



County: CARTER 



USGS quadrangle: BLACK POINT NE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 007S 058E 15 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1997-08-14 Elevation: 3500 - 3600 



First observation: 1997-08-14 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1997-08-14 Size (acres) : 10 



Location: 



DUNCAN CREEK; CA. 16 AIR MILES NORTHWEST OF ALZADA. 



Element occurrence data: 



50+ WIDELY SCATTERED PLANTS; TWO SUBPOPULATIONS; 90% VEGETATIVE, 1 

 PLANT WITH FRUIT. 



General site description: 



AREA CONSISTS OF ROLLING UPLANDS AND VALLEY BOTTOM. PLANTS ON DRY, 

 OPEN BOTTOM AND LOWER SLOPES IN CLAY OVER SHALE PARENT. AGROPYRON 

 DASYSTACHYUM AND SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS /AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM HT. 

 ASSOCIATED PLANTS INCLUDE ERIOGONUM PAUCIFLORUM, STIPA VIRIDULA, 

 ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, AND GUTTIEREZIA SAROTHRAE. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: MILES CITY DISTRICT, POWDER RIVER RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



OBSERVED BY J. VANDERHORST AND S. COOPER. 



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

 MT 59935. 



Specimens : 



