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ASTRAGALUS BARRII 

 BARR'S MILK-VETCH 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F150 . 021 



Global rank: G3 Forest Seirvice status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 



Survey site name: SCOLES RANCH ROAD 

 County: Powder River 



uses quadrangle: BIDDLE 



BELLE CREEK SW 



Township-range: 008S053E Section: 32 SW4SW4 

 Township-range comments: Sec 31 E2 : T9S R53E Sec 5 N2 



Survey date: 1989-05-14 Elevation: 3700 

 First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 0-3%/NW 



Last observation: 1989-05-14 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



CA. 3.75 MILES EAST OF BIDDLE, CA. 1,5 MILES NORTH OF RANCH 

 CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



LOCALLY COMMON. MANY PLANTS DEAD IN 1989 (PROBABLY DUE TO 

 DROUGHT) . 



General site description: 



ON SILTY-CLAY "GUMBO" KNOLLS AND SLOPES, WITH GUTIERREZIA 

 SAROTHRAE, ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, AND CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA, 

 11-17 MAY. 



Element Occurrence Record - Astragalus barn" 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



