MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



^Scientific Name: DELPHINIUM BICOLOR SSP NOVUM 

 Common Name: UNDESCRIBED LARKSPUR 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2S3 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDRANNOV01 . 010 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: COTTONWOOD CANYON 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: SOME ADVENTIVES ; GRAZING IN AREA BUT PLANTS ARE ON 

 STEEP SLOPES ABOVE ROCKY CLIFFS. 



County: JEFFERSON 



USGS quadrangle: DOHERTY MOUNTAIN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 002N 002W 31 SE4; 32 SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-06-05 Elevation: 4900 - 5000 



First observation: 1993-06-05 Slope/aspect: 10-45% / - 



Last observation: 1993-06-05 Size (acres) : 20 



Location: 



TAKE -CARDWELL EXIT OFF 1-15 AND GO NORTH AND EAST, CROSSING THE 

 BOULDER RIVER. CONTINUE CA. 3 MILES ON COTTONWOOD CANYON ROAD; PLANTS 

 ARE NORTH OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



200+ INDIVIDUALS, 3 SUBPOPULATIONS ; 40% VEGETATIVE, 50% FLOWERING, 10% 

 FLOWER AND FRUIT. MANY YOUNG PLANTS. PLANTS ARE SHORT IN HEIGHT 

 COMPARED TO THOSE OF OTHER OCCURRENCES IN THE VICINITY. 



General site, description: 



OPEN, DRY MIDSLOPE, LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, FINE SOILS. KARST 

 TOPOGRAPHY TERRACES BETWEEN HARD ROCK RIDGES. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: 

 ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, ELYMUS SPICATUS, RHUS TRILOBATA, OPUNTIA 

 POLYACANTHA, CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIA, STIPA COMATA, OROBANCHE 

 FASCICULATA, CRYPTANTHA SP., CIRSIUM SP., EUPHORBIA ROBUSTA, 

 CORYPHANTA VI VI PARA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, HEADWATERS RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



SOME BROWSING BUT NOT EXTENSIVE. 



"information source: VANDERHORST, J. 1993. [MTNHP FIELD SURVEYS 



CONDUCTED AT DOHERTY MOUNTAIN FOR THE BUREAU OF 

 LAND MANAGEMENT. ] 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (4919, 4923). 1993 



