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 .006 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: GRAYLING ARM OF HEBGEN LAKE 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: GALLATIN 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT HEBGEN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 012S 005E 18 SE4SE4 



Precision: M 



Survey date: Elevation: 654 



First observation: 1994-06-29 Slope/aspect: 0% / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1994-06-29 Size (acres): 40 



Location: 

 | ALONG GRAYLING ARM OF HEBGEN LAKE NEAR DUCK CREEK. FISHER ROAD ACCESS 

 OFF OF HWY 287, 9.5 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF WEST YELLOWSTONE. 



Element occurrence data: 

 >500 INDIVIDUALS. 



General site description: 



DRIER AREAS OF SAGEBRUSH/IDAHO FESCUE/BLUE3UNCH WHEATGRASS PASTURE. 

 UNDEVELOPED SANDY, GRAVELLY, MIXED SEDIMENTARY SOIL; CA. 40% BARE 

 GROUND. LICHEN COMMON. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, 

 CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS, FESTUCA IDAKOENSIS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, 

 DANTHONIA INTERMEDIA, POA INTERIOR, ARENARIA CONGESTA, GEUM TRIFOLIUM, 

 POTENTILLA GRACILIS, ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM, ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA, 

 HAPLO PAPPUS MACRONEMA. 



Land owner/manager: 



GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST, HEBGEN LAKE RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



OBSERVED BY J. JACOBS. DISTURBANCE INCLUDES MOTOR VEHICLE ACCESS TO 

 GRAYLING ARM AND HORSE GRAZING IN SPRING AND LATE SUMMER, NOT 

 APPEARING TO AFFECT POPULATION. SURROUNDING PRIVATE LAND IS DEVELOPED 

 FOR HOMES AND AFFECTS POTENTIAL POPULATIONS ON THOSE SITES. 

 INTRODUCTION OF NON-NATIVE GRASS (BROMUS INERMIS) FROM PRIVATE LAND 

 COULD THREATEN THIS POPULATION IF INVASION OCCURS. 



Information source: SENSITIVE PLANT COORDINATOR, GALLATIN NATIONAL 

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



I MT 59771. 



Specimens: 34 



