MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS ARGOPHYLLUS VAR ARGOPHYLLUS 

 Common Name: SILVERLEAF MILK-VETCH 



Global rank: G5T4 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDFABOFOSl , 001 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



MONIDA 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: MONIDA 



Township: Range: Section 

 015S 006W 03 

 014S 006W 34 



TRS comments; 



NE4 



SE4 



Precision : 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1985-06-10 



1985 



1986-06-27 



Elevation: 6770 - 

 Slope/aspect: 

 Size (acres) : 40 



Location : 



0.1-0.4 AIR MI. NW. OF MONIDA, N. OF OLD HIGHWAY ACROSS RR TRACKS. 



Element occurrence data: 



51-100+ INDIVIDUALS, NON-BLOOMING PLANTS DIFFICULT TO SEE; PLANTS ARE 

 SCATTERED, IN MEADOW WHICH HAS HAD SOME GRAZING; AREA IS REMOTE AND 

 NOT HEAVILY VISITED; SPECIES OCCURS IN SOMEWHAT DRIER, LESS HEAVILY 

 VEGETATED AREAS; NO FRUIT FOUND IN 1985. 



General site description: 



WET ALKALINE MEADOW, ON VERY GENTLE SLOPE; MEADOW DOMINATED BY 

 GRAMINOIDS, WITH PHLOX KELSEYI , JUNCUS BALITICUS, CAREX SPP., 

 ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA, TRIGLOCHIN. 



Land owner /manager : 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



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

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



i Specimens: LESICA, P. (3370). 1 



985. MONTU. 



