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 . 015 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: GOLD CREEK 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: 



County: CARBON 



USGS quadrangle: TOLMAN FLAT 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S 020E 10 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-08-11 Elevation: 6600 - 7000 



First observation: 1995-08-11 Slope/aspect: 20% / SE 



Last observation: 1995-08-11 Size (acres) : 10 



Location: 



TAKE HWY 72 CA. 4.5 MILES SOUTH FROM BELFRY AND TURN WEST ONTO 

 MEETEESE TRAIL ROAD. DRIVE ON MEETEESE TRAIL ROAD CA. 5 MILES, THEN 

 TAKE ROAD UP GOLD CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



500-1000 PLANTS, IMMATURE FRUIT. 



General site description: 



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

 STONY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PINUS FLZXILIS, ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA 

 VASEYANA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, LUPINUS SERICEUS, 

 ERIGERON CAESPITOSUS, COMMANDRA UMBELLATA, BALSAMORHIZA INCANA, 

 CHRYSOPSIS VILLOSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



OBSERVED BY P. LESICA. DISTURBANCE BY EXOTICS AND HIGH FORB COVER. 



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



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 406/728-8740. 



Specimens : 



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