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MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



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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 . 016 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LINE CREEK 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: 



County : CARBON 



USGS quadrangle : MOUNT MAURICE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S 020E 29 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-08-10 Elevation: 6800 - 7080 



First observation: 1995-08-10 Slope/aspect: 20% / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1995-08-10 Size (acres): 30 



Location: 



CA. 0.1 MILE WEST OF LINE CREEK SERVICE STATION. FROM CA. 10 MILES 

 SOUTH OF BELFRY, CROSS RIVER AND TAKE ROAD UP ROBERTSON DRAW. 



Element occurrence data: 



500+ PLANTS, IMMATURE FRUIT. HEMIPARASITIC PERHAPS ON SAGEBRUSH. 



General site description: 



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

 STONY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA, FESTUCA 

 IDAHOENSIS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, ASTRAGALUS MISER, A. ADSURGENS, PHLOX 

 HOODZZ. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



OBSERVED BY P. LESICA. DISTURBANCE BY CATTLE TRAILS AND ROADS. 



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



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 ■*•*• 406/728-8740. 



Specimens: 



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