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 . 005 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: ROBERTSON DRAW 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION. 



County: CARBON 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT MAURICE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S 020E 21 S2; 28 N2 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-08-09 Elevation: 6700 - 7200 



First observation: 1993-08-06 Slope/aspect: 10-18% / SOUTHEAST 



Last observation: 1995-08-09 Size (acres) : 100 



Location: 

 | FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF BELFRY TAKE ROBERTSON DRAW ROAD TO CROSSING OF 

 R03ERTS0N DRAW. HIKE UP ROAD CA. 1 MILE. 



Element occurrence data: 



1995: 10,000 PLANTS, IMMATURE FRUIT. PARASITIC PERHAPS ON SAGEBRUSH. 

 1993: 500 PLANTS, FLOWERING. HEMIPARISITIC. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN LOWERSLOPE, UNGLACIATED MOUNTAIN SLOPES. LIMESTONE PARENT 

 MATERIAL, LOAMY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PINUS FLEXILIS, ARTEMISIA 

 TRIDENTATA, A. FRIGIDA, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, 

 ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS . 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



ECODATA PLOT #93PL020. ENTIRE AREA OF SUITABLE HABITAT NOT SURVEYED IN 

 1993. DISTURBANCE BY FIRE NOTED IN 1995. 



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



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 406/728-8740. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (7010). 1995. MONTU. 



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