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ASTRAGALUS BARRII 

 BARR'S MILK-VETCH 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F150 . 018 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 



Survey site name: GATE CREEK 

 County: Rosebud 



USGS quadrangle: BIRNEY DAY SCHOOL 



Township-range: 004S043E Section: 34 SE4 

 Township-range comments: Sec 3 5 SW4 



Survey date: 1988-05-20 Elevation: 3140 

 First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1988-05-20 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



0.3 MILES SOUTH OF GATE CREEK ON THE EAST SIDE OF BIRNEY 

 CREEK ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 200-250 PLANTS, FLOWERING; EVIDENCE OF LIVESTOCK 

 GRAZING. 



General site description: 



ERODING KNOLL; WITH ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, ATRIPLEX 

 CONFERTI FOLIA AND ANDROPOGON SCOPARIUS . 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



BLM: POWDER RIVER RESOURCE AREA, MILES CITY DISTRICT 



Information source: ' 



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

 FOREST, 13-20 MAY. 



Elefnent Occurrence Record - Astragalus bar 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



