December 5, 1995 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CASTILLEJA PILOSA VAR LONGISPICA 

 Common Name: PARROT-HEAD INDIAN- PAINTBRUSH 



Global rank: G4?T4 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR0D2H1 . 022 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: WAPITI CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: GALLATIN 



USGS quadrangle: LINCOLN MOUNTAIN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S 004E 8 SK4 



Precision: M 



Survey date: Elevation: 6840 



First observation: 1995-08-14 Slope/aspect: 0* / NORTH 



Last observation: 1995-08-14 Size (acres) : 25 



Location: 

 I CA. 4 MILES WEST ON TAYLOR CREEK ROAD FROM HWY 191, ON PASTURE 



SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION OF WAPITI CREEK ROAD AND TAYLOR CREEK ROAD, 

 BOUNDED TO THE NORTH BY TAYLOR CREEK ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 75 PLANTS, 100% IN FLOWER. 



Gereral site description: 



DRY, OPEN MIDSLOPE ON SITES WITH SUBSTANTIAL BARE SOIL AND ROCKS. 

 SANDSTONE BEDROCK ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA SSP. 

 VASEYANA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS, POTENTILLA 

 FRUTICOSA, SELAGINELLA DENSA, ANTENNARIA SPP., GEUM TRIFLORUM, 

 FRAGARIA VIRGINIANA, DANTHONIA INTERMEDIA. 



Land owner/manager: 



CONSERVATION EASEMENT: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY 

 GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, HEBGEN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



OBSERVED BY LIH-AN YANG. 



Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, GALLATIN NATIONAL 



FOREST, P.O. BOX 130, FEDERAL BUILDING, BOZEMAN, 

 MT 59771. 



Specimens: 



23 



