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ASTRAGALUS BARRII 

 BARR'S MILK-VETCH 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F150 . 024 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 



Survey site name: RANCH CREEK 1 

 County: Powder River 



USGS quadrangle: BIDDLE 



Township-range: 009S052E Section: 12 E2 



Township-range comments: Sec 13 NE4 : T9S R53E Sec 7 SW4NW4, Sec 18 



NW4SW4 



Survey date: 1989-05-15 Elevation: 3600 

 First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: 0-8%/NE, NW, SW 



Last observation: 1989-05-15 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



CA. 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIDDLE, MT (SOUTH OF THE BIDDLE TO RIDGE 

 ROAD) . 



Element occurrence data: 



LOCALLY COMMON. MANY DEAD PLANTS OBSERVED IN 198 9 (PROBABLY 

 DUE TO DROUGHT) 



General site description: 



ON SILTY-CLAY "GUMBO" KNOLLS AND SLOPES WITH PHLOX HOODII, 

 LOMATIUM COUS, AND ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



BLM: POWDER RIVER RESOURCE AREA, MILES CITY DISTRICT 



Information source: 



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

 11-17 MAY. 



Element Occurrence Record - Astragalus bar 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



