MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: SENECIO DEBILIS 

 Common Name: ROCKY MOUNTAIN RAGWORT 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G3G4 

 SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code; 

 Element occurrence type; 



PDAST8H110.011 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



WEST OF ELK SPRINGS 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ELK SPRINGS 



Precision: S 

 Survey date: 



First observation: 1993-07-28 



Last observation: 1993-07-28 



Elevation: 6620 

 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 

 Size (acres) : 4 



Location: 



CENTENNIAL VALLEY; GO 10 MILES EAST OF RED ROCK LAKES NWR HEADQUARTERS 

 TO ELK LAKE ROAD, THEN 2.3 MILES NORTH TO INTERSECTION WITH NORTH 

 CENTENNIAL VALLEY ROAD. SITE IS . 2 MILE WEST, ON SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



80-100 INDIVIDUALS, 100% FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



MOIST, PEATY BOTTOMLAND, WITH PENTAPHYLLOIDES FLORIBUNDA, FESTUCA 

 IDAHOENSIS, CIRSIUM SCARIOSUM, POTENTILLA HIPPIANA, ANTENNARIA 

 MICROPHYLLA, IRIS MISSOURIENSIS , TARAXACUM OFFICINALE, VALERIANA 

 EDULIS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, CAREX SP . , EQUISETUM VARIEGATUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



RED ROCK LAKES WILDERNESS 



RED ROCK LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 



Comments : 



NO EVIDENCE OF DISTURBANCE. OBSERVED BY DENISE CULVER. ASTRAGALUS 

 LEPTALEUS AND A. ARGOPHYLLUS ALSO OBSERVED IN VICINITY IN PREVIOUS 

 YEP.RS. 



Information source: 



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

 CENTENNIAL VALLEY, MONTANA, MAY-AUGUST.] 



Specimens; 



