December 6, 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 . 014 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: RUBY CREEK 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: 



County: CARBON 



USGS quadrangle: TOLMAN FLAT 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S 020W 15 SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-08-11 Elevation: 6720 - 7200 



First observation: 1995-08-11 Slope/aspect: 40* / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1995-08-11 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 

 | TAKE HWY 72 10 MILES SOUTH AND TURN WEST ONTO FS RD 3008. TAKE FS RD 

 3008 UP TO ROBERTSON DRAW CA. 2.5 MILES BEFORE FS BOUNDARY. 



Eleuent occurrence data: 



1000+ PLANTS, MATURE AND IMMATURE FRUIT. KEMIPARASITIC ON PERHAPS 

 SAGEBRUSH . 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN UPPERSLOPE. GLACIAL TILL PARENT MATERIAL, 

 STONY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA, FESTUCA 

 IDAHOENSIS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, LUPINUS ARGENTEUS, 

 CHRYSOPSIS VILLOSA, ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS . 



jucnd owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



OBSERVED BY P. LESICA. DISTURBANCE BY FIRE AND PAST LIVESTOCK GRAZING. 



Information source: LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 406/728-8740. 



Specimens : 



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