MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: DELPHINIUM BICOLOR SSP NOVUM 

 Common Name: UNDESCRIBED LARKSPUR 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G3 

 S2S3 



Forest Service status: 



Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type: 



PDRANNOV01.011 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



LONG JOHN ROAD 



B 



VIGOR OF PLANTS VARIES IN AREA 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ARGENTA 



Township: Range: Section: 

 006S 010W 12 

 005S 009W 31 



TRS comments: 



W2 ; 13 NW4 ; 01 CENTER 



SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-06-19 



First observation: 1993-06-19 



, Last observation: 1993-06-19 



Elevation: 5980 - 6040 



Slope/aspect: 



Size (acres) : 100 



Location: 



TAKE BIRCH CREEK EXIT OFF 1-15 11 MILES NORTH OF DILLON. FOLLOW GRAVEL 

 ROAD WEST 2.5 MILES, THEN TURN RIGHT ON LONG JOHN ROAD. PLANTS ARE 

 ALONG ROAD AND IN OTHER HABITAT IN AREA. 



Element occurrence data: 



1000+ INDIVIDUALS IN SUBPOPULATIONS ALONG 3 MILES OF ROAD. MOSTLY 

 'FLOWERING; 1 PLANT SEEN IN FRUIT. PLANTS MOST VIGOROUS IN 

 LOW-ELEVATION GRAZED SAGEBRUSH GRASSLAND. 



General site description: 



OPEN, DRY SEDIMENTARY RIDGES AND BENCHES, LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, 

 FINE SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, ELYMUS SPICATUS, 

 POA SP. , STIPA COMATA, LEWISIA REDIVIVA, MUSINEON DIVARICATUM, OPUNTIA 

 POLYACANTHA, ALLIUM TEXTILE, ARENARIA ACULEATA, PENSTEMON ARIDUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



ACTIVE GRAZING ALLOTMENT. SPECIES SEEMS TO RESPOND WELL TO GRAZING. 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. 1993. [MTNHP FIELD SURVEYS 



CONDUCTED AT DUTCHMAN MOUNTAIN FOR THE BUREAU OF 

 LAND MANAGEMENT.] 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (4966, 4968). 1993. 



