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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 . 007 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: GRAYLING POWER POLE 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: GALLATIN 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT HEBGEN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



012S 005E 17 NE4; 9 SW4SW4; 16 NW4NW4 



Precision: M 



Survey date: Elevation: 6560 - 6600 



First observation: 1994-06-28 Slope/aspect: 0* / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1995-07-27 Size (acres) : 35 



Location: 



ALONG GRAYLING CREEK NEAR GUEST RANCH, 0.5 MILE NORTH OF HWY 287, 1 

 MILE EAST OF HWY 191, 7.5 MILES NORTH OF WEST YELLOWSTONE. 



Element occurrence data: 



1995: 2 ADDITONAL SUBPOPULATIONS LOCATED, THE WESTERNMOST WITH CA. 75 

 PLANTS, 90% FLOWERING, 10% FRUITING, AND THE CENTRAL ONE WITH CA. 300 

 PLANTS, 95% FLOWERING, 5% FRUITING. 1994: 6 SUBPOPULATIONS; 3 SOUTH OF 

 GRAYLING CREEK. SMALL WITH 2-17 INDIVIDUALS AND 8-67 STEMS; 3 NORTH OF 

 GRAYLING CREEK LARGER (>100 STEMS) . 



General site description: 



ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS HABITAT TYPE. UNDEVELOPED 

 SANDY, GRAVELLY MIXED SEDIMENTARY SOIL ON DRIER SITES AND LOWER, 

 MOISTER SITES. CA. 4 0% BARE GROUND, LICHEN COMMON. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: 

 ARENARIA CONGESTA, BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA, GEUM TRIFLORUM, POTENTILLA 

 GRACILIS, ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM, LUPINUS ARGENTENS, POA SECUNDA, CAREX 

 FILIFOLIA, ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLA, COLLOMIA SP. 



Land owner/manager: 



GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, HEBGEN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



ADDITIONAL WESTERN SUBPOPULATIONS OBSERVED BY LIH-AN YANG IN 1995. 

 OBSERVED BY J. JACOBS IN 1994 NEAR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 1 

 SUBPOPULATION IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO DEVELOPMENT ACCESS ROAD AND 

 IMMINENTLY THREATENED BY IT; ANOTHER ON PRIVATE PASTURE. FENCE 

 CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO POPULATION AREA. MOTOR VEHICLE DISTURBANCE IS 

 APPARENT IN ARTEMISIA. LOWER, MOISTER SITES INVADED BY BROMUS INERMIS, 

 WHICH MAY BE EXCLUDING SPECIES. 



Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR? 33ALLATIN NATIONAL 



FOREST, P.O. BOX 13 0, FEDERAL BUILDING, BOZEMAN, 

 MT 59771. 



