Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS RACEMOSUS 

 Common Name: RACEME MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G5T4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F7C1 . 009 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: NORTH COTTONWOOD CREEK 



EO rank coLents: FEW PLANTS, LOW REPRODUCTION; ONLY LIGHTLY GRAZED 

 HABITAT. 



County: CARTER 



USGS quadrangle: POTATO BUTTES 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 006S 058E 27 SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1997-07-08 Elevation: 3760 - 



First observation: 1997-07-08 Slope/aspect: S./EAST 



Last observation: 1997-07-08 Size (acres): 1 



^°"nOR?H COTTONWOOD CREEK; CA. 20 AIR MILES NORTHEAST OF ALZADA. ACCESS 

 V?A CoSnTY ROAD TO HEADWATERS OF NORTH COTTONWOOD CREEK, SOUTHEAST OF 

 THE FLATTOPS. 



Element occurrence data: 



FEWER THAN 10 PLANTS SEEN; 10% FRUITING, 90% VEGETATIVE. 



''"'lN'D?SSEC?EDrROLLING UPLANDS ON A DRY, OPEN RIDGE SWALE IN CLAY OVER 

 SHALE PARENT SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS/AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM HT. 

 ASSOCIATED PLANTS INCLUDE GUTTIEREZIA SAROTHRAE, ASTRAGALUS TENELLUS, 

 ASTRAGALUS GILVIFLORUS, AND COMANDRA UMBELLATA. 



Land owner /manager : 



BLM: MILES CITY DISTRICT, POWDER RIVER RESOURCE AREA 



"""""^SbSERVED by J. VANDERHORST. LIGHT TO MODERATE GRAZING BY SHEEP; HEAVY 

 USE OF HABITAT BY MULE DEER. 



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

 MT 59935. 



Specimens : 



