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 . Oil 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: COMMISSARY RIDGE 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: NOT GRAZED BY CATTLE, ALTHOUGH MOST OTHER PLANTS 

 GRAZED. 



County: CARBON 



USGS quadrangle: BIG ICE CAVE 



RED PRYOR MOUNTAIN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



008S 027E 22 W2 ; 9; 15 W2; 16 E2 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-08-14 Elevation: 6200 - 7160 



First observation: 1995-08-14 Slope/aspect: 0-30* / SW 



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



Location: 



PRYOR MOUNTAINS. FROM BIG ICE CAVE CAMPGROUND, TAKE FS RD 3 093 TO FS 

 RD 849, THEN TAKE FS RD 849 TO FS RD 3092 (COMMISSARY RIDGE ROAD). 

 POPULATION LIES ALONG COMMISSARY RIDGE ROAD AND EXTENDS CA. 2.5 MILES. 



Element occurrence data: 



10,000+ PLANTS, MATURE FRUIT. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN UPPERSLOPE AND CREST. LIMESTONE PARENT 

 MATERIAL, SANDY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA 

 VASEYANA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, STIPA OCCIDENTALIS, AGROPYRON 

 DASYSTACHYUM, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, GALIUM BOREALE, BALSAMORHIZA 

 SAGITTATA, ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



OBSERVED BY P. LESICA. HEAVY GRAZING IN AREA. 



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



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 406/728-8740. 



Specimens : 



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