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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. 013 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: EAST BEAR CANYON 



EO rank : A 

 EO rank comments: 



County: CARBON 



USGS quadrangle: INDIAN SPRING 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S 026E 23 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-06-16 Elevation: 7000 - 7520 



First observation: 1995-06-16 Slope/aspect: 20% / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1995-06-16 Size (acres) : 80 



> Location: 

 PRYOR MOUNTAINS. CA. 1.8 AIR MILS EAST OF GRAHAM CABIN IN BEAR CANYON. 

 FROM BIG PRYOR MOUNTAIN ROAD WALK DOWN RIDGE IMMEDIATELY WEST OF MAIN 

 BEAR CANYON. 



Element occurrence data: 



5,000-10,000 PLANTS, FLOWERING, HEMIPARASITIC. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN RIDGE. LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, SANDY 

 LOAM SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PINUS FLEXILIS, PSEUDOSTUGA MENZIESII, 

 ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, SYMPHORICARPOS 

 OREOPHILUS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, POA SECUNDA, ASTRAGALUS MISER, PHLOX 

 HOODII. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



OBSERVED BY P. LESICA. DISTURBANCE BY LIVESTOCK TRAILS. 



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



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 406/728-8740. . 



Specimens: 



37 



