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 . 019 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SHEEP CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: GALLATIN 



USGS quadrangle: EARTHQUAKE LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 012S 002E 1 SW4; 12 NW4 



Precision: M 



Survey date: Elevation: 6480 



First observation: 1995-07-28 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1995-07-28 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 

 I CA. 1.5 AIR MILES SOUTH OF VISITOR'S CENTER ON EARTHQUAKE LAKE. TAKE 



ROUTE 87 CA. 2 MILES SOUTH FROM KWY 287. GO EAST ON FS RD 6905 CA. 2.5 



MILES TO END. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 200 PLANTS, 90% IN FRUIT, 10% IN FLOWER. 



G-neral site description: 



DRY, OPEN UPPERSLOPE OF ALLUVIAL FAN. WELL-ESTABLISHED ON DRY FLATS AS 

 WELL AS STEEP SLOPES. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA SSP. 

 VASEYANA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, STIPA COMATA, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, 

 LUPINUS ARGENTEUS, POA SECUNDA, ANTENNARIA SPP., ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, HEBGEN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



OBSERVED BY LIH-AN YANG. CATTLE GRAZING MAY IMPACT POPULATION. ECODATA 

 PLOTS 117C95Y005 AND 117C95Y006. 



Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, GALLATIN NATIONAL 



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

 MT 59771. 



Specimens : 



25 



