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 . 009 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BIG COULEE 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: 



County : CARBON 



USGS quadrangle: MYSTERY CAVE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 008S 028E 31 SE4SK4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1995-07-15 Elevation: 6280 - 6320 



First observation: 1995-07-15 Slope/aspect: 20% / SE 



Last observation: 1995-07-15 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



PRYOR MOUNTAINS. CA. 1 AIR MILE NORTH OF ROYCE CAVE, EAST OF BURNT 

 TIMBER RIDGE ROAD JUST NORTH OF FOREST SERVICE BOUNDARY. 



Element occurrence data: 



1000+ PLANTS, FLOWERING. HEMIPARASITIC PERHAPS ON SAGEBRUSH. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN UPPERSLOPE. LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, 

 SANDY LOAM SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM, ARTEMISIA 

 TRIDENTATA VASEYANA, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, KOELERIA CRISTATA, POA 

 SECUNDA, PHLOX HOODII, CERASTIUM ARVENSE, SENECIO CANUS, SEDUM 

 LANCEOLATUM . 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, BEARTOOTH RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



OBSERVED BY P. LESICA. PROBABLY OTHER SUBPOPULATIONS IN AREA. 



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



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. PHONE 

 406/728-8740. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (6743). 1995. MONTU. 



43 



