Scientific Name: PHLOX ANDICOLA 

 Common Name: PLAINS PHLOX 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDPLM0D080 . 003 



Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: CAMP NEEDMORE 



EO rank comments: 



County: CARTER 



USGS quadrangle: CAMP NEEDMORE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



OOIN 059E 30 W2NW4 



OOIN 058E 27 SW4SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: Elevation: 3760 - 3940 



First observation: 1987 Slope/aspect: 15% / WEST 



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



Location: 



PROCEED SOUTHEAST FROM CAMP NEEDMORE CA. 0.5 MILE TO THE TRAIL FORK; 



FOUND BELOW TRAIL FORK, AND ABOVE THE FORK ON BOTH ROAD (RIGHT) AND 



2-TRACK ON SLIGHT HILL (LEFT) CA. 120M TO CURVE IN AT BASE OF 



SANDSTONE OUTCROP SHORT DISTANCE NORTH OF THIS POINT. 



Element occurrence data: 



WIDELY SCATTERED IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOCALIZED OPENINGS AND OPEN WOODS 

 FOR A FEW MILES. ALL SURVEYS 1987-1997 HAVE BEEN TOO LATE OR 

 INCOMPLETE FOR DETERMINING DISTRIBUTION AND MAGNITUDE OF NUMBERS. 1997 

 SURVEY SUGGESTS A SPORADIC POPULATION SPANNING 3 MILES. 1994 SURVEY 

 WAS RESTRICTED TO SEC. 30 NOTING TWO SUBPOPULATIONS; CA. 50% 

 FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



WELL-DRAINED PINE WOODLAND AND PARKLAND ALONG ESCARPMENT RIMROCK ON 

 SANDY LOAM SOMETIMES NEAR OUTCROPS. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PINUS 

 PONDEROSA/CAREX HELIOPHILA P. A., CALOMOVILFA LONGIFOLIA, ANDROPOGON 

 SCOPARIUS, ARTEMISIA LUDOVICIANA, POA PRATENSIS, BOUTELOUA GRACILIS 

 (IN MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE), PSORALEA ARGOPHYLLA, AGROPYRON SMITHII, POA 

 SANDBERGII, ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: MILES CITY DISTRICT, POWDER RIVER RESOURCE AREA 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



1994: OBSERVED BY K. H. DUEHOLM; 2-TRACK PASSES NEAR SMALL OUTLIERS OF 

 MAIN POPULATION, INDICATING DISTURBANCE; SMALL SUBPOPULATION OF 3 

 PLANTS EXISTS 0.2 MILES FURTHER ALONG 2-TRACK ON STEEP SLOPE WHERE 

 TRAIL PASSES BETWEEN 2 KNOBS. 



Specimens: DUEHOLM, K. (12191). 199<: 



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