MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: IPOMOPSIS CONGESTA SSP CREBRIFOLIA 

 Common Name: BALLHEAD GILIA 



Global rank: G4T4 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDPLM06032 . 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: CENTENNIAL VALLEY 

 EO rank: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CORRAL CREEK 



BIG TABLE MOUNTAIN 

 MONIDA 



Township: Range: Section: 



014S 005W 23 



014S 004W 30 



014S 003W 31 



TRS comments: 



SW4; 2 6 N2; 3 SW4 



SW4 ; 31 NW4 ; 2 8 SW4 



W2 



Precision: S 

 Survey date: 



First observation: 1993-07-23 



Last observation: 1993-07-23 



Elevation: 6700 - 7320 

 Slope/aspect: 5-25% / ALL 

 Size (acres) : 500 



Location : 



CENTENNIAL VALLEY; PLANT FOUND IN ABUNDANCE FROM MONIDA TO BEAR CREEK 

 (CA. 15 MILES EAST OF MONIDA) . ALONG MOST ROAD CUTS OR DISTURBED BARE 

 AREAS/SOIL SLUMPS. 



Element occurrence data: 



10,000 TO 100,000 PLANTS, 80% FLOWERING, 20% SEED. 



General site description: 



OPEN, DRY LOWER ROLLING UPLANDS. CLAY PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED 

 SPECIES: PENSTEMON ERIANTHUS , ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, SENECIO CANUS , 

 CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOUS, C. VICIDIFLORUS , AGROPYRON SMITHII. 



Land owner /manager : 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



OBSERVED BUT INCOMPLETELY DOCUMENTED ALONG 15 MILES OF EXPOSED SHALE 

 FACIE DISSECTING CENTENNIAL ESCARPMENT. TRAMPLING BY CATTLE. OBSERVED 

 BY DEMSE CULVER; SPECIMEN COLLECTED--COLLECTION # AND REPOSITORY 

 UNKNOWN . 



Information source: 



Specimens: 



CULVER, D. 1993. [MTNHP FIELD SURVEYS IN THE 

 CENTENNIAL VALLEY, MONTANA, MAY -AUGUST.] 



