MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: CRYPTANTHA FENDLERI 

 Common Name: FENDLER CAT'S-EYE 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDBOROAOXO . 001 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: CENTENNIAL SANDHILLS 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: WELL-ESTABLISHED IN RECENTLY-DISTURBED SOILS. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: LOWER RED ROCK LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 013S 002W 23 SW4N2; 22 E2 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1987-07-14 Elevation: 6680 



First observation: 1983 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1987-08-05 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



CENTENNIAL SANDHILLS, AT THE NORTHEAST END OF THE CENTENNIAL VALLEY. 



Element occurrence data: 



1001-10000 INDIVIDUALS, MATURE FRUIT PRESENT; LARGE POPULATION, SPREAD 

 OVER LARGE AREA; SOME EVIDENCE OF GRAZING, THOUGH MOST AREAS SHOW 

 LITTLE EVIDENCE OF DISTURBANCE. 



General site description: 



SAND DUNES, WITH ALLIUM TEXTILE, ELYMUS TRACHYCAULUS . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



POPULATIONS IN RECENTLY-DISTURBED SOILS AND MORE OPEN BLOWOUTS. 



Information source: ROE, LISA SCHASSBERGER. [BOTANIST.] 556 SPENCER, 

 HELENA, MONTANA 59601. 



Specimens: SCHASSBERGER, L.A. (122). 1987. MONTU . 

 LESICA, P. (2820). 1983. MONTU. 



