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ASTRAGALUS BARRII 

 BARR'S MILK-VETCH 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F150 . 017 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 



Survey site name: NW BUTTRESS, TAYLOR BUTTE 

 County: Powder River 



USGS quadrangle: FORT HOWES 



Township-range: 006S046E Section: 20 SW4 

 Township-range comments: Sec 19 SE4 



Survey date: 1988-05-19 Elevation: 3360 

 First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1988-05-19 Size (acres) : 30 



Location: 



CA. 0.75 MILE SE OF FORT HOWES RANGER STATION, ALONG CLIFFS. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 3,050 PLANTS SCATTERED ALONG RIM ROCK. LARGE MATS. NOT 

 FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



ERODING CLIFF IN SILTY CLAY SOILS; ONE SUBPOPULATION IN THE 

 MIDDLE OF BURN AREA (1966). 



Land owner/manager: 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, ASHLAND RANGER DISTRICT 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1988. FIELD SURVEY, CUSTER NATIONAL 

 FOREST, 13-20 MAY. 



Element Occurrence Record - Astragalus barrii 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



