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: PDSCR0D2H1.004 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: CROOKED CREEK 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments : 



County: CARBON 



USGS quadrangle: RED PRYOR MOUNTAIN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



008S 027E 28 27 W2 ; 33 NE4 ; 34 NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-08-14 Elevation: 5800 - 6520 



First observation: 1983-06-22 Slope/aspect: 30* / EAST 



Last observation: 1995-08-14 Size (acres): 200 



Location: 



CA. 15 MILES NORTH OF COWLEY, WYOMING; ON DEMIJOHN FLAT. BOTH SIDES OF 

 ROAD ALONG CROOKED CREEK BETWEEN BRIDGE HOLLOW AND DEMIJOHN HOLLOW. 



Element occurrence data: 



1995: 5000+ PLANTS IN AT LEAST 3 SUBPOPULATIONS, MATURE FRUIT. 

 HEMIPARASITIC PERHAPS ON SAGEBRUSH. 1983: COMMON. 



General site description: 



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

 LOAM SOIL. WITH ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, ARTEMISIA 

 DASYSTACHYUM, STIPA OCCIDENTALIS, GALIUM BOREALE, LUPINUS SERICEUS, 

 BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA, JUNIPERUS SCOPULARUM, SYMPHYCARPUS OREOPHILUS, 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



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



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 406/728-8740. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



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