December 5, 1995 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Specimens : 



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 . 008 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LITTLE TRAIL CREEK BISON IMPOUNDMENT 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments : 



County: PARK 



USGS quadrangle: GARDINER 



Township: 

 009S 



Range: Section: 

 008E 9 



TRS comments: 



SE4; 10 SK4; 15 NW4 



Precision: 



Survey date : 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



Elevation: 6000 

 1994-07-08 Slope/aspect: 1% / NW 

 1994-07-08 Size (acres) : 450 



Location: 



4 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDINER, 0.5 MILE UP JARDINE ROAD, TO QUARRY 

 ROAD, THEN 2.5 MILES THROUGH QUARRY. POPULATION IS ALONG FS RD TO 

 LITTLE TRAIL CREEK TRAIL ACCESS BEGINNING BEYOND QUARRY DISTURBANCE 

 AND ENDING AT LITTLE TRAIL CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



LARGE POPULATION OF >1000 INDIVIDUALS. 



General site description: 



IN DRIER AREAS OF SAGEBRUSH/ IDAHO FESCUE/BLUEBUNCH WHEATGRASS 

 RANGELAND. UNDEVELOPED SANDY, GRAVELLY MIXED SEDIMENTARY SOIL; CA. 50% 

 BARE GROUND, LICHEN COMMON. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, 

 CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS, ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM, DANTHONIA INTERMEDIA, POA SECUNDA, ARENARIA 

 CONGESTA, GEUM TRIFLORUM, POTENTILLA GRACILIS, ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM, 

 ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA, OPUNTIA POLYACANTHA, PINUS FLEXILIS, JUNIPERUS 

 SCOPULORUM, LEPTODACTYLON PUNGENS, TETRADYNIMA CANES CENS . 



Land owner/manager: 



GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, GARDINER RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



AREA SURVEYED BY J. 



JACOBS . 



Information source: 



SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, GALLATIN NATIONAL 

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

 MT 59771. 



Specimens : 



29 



