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ASTRAGALUS BARRII 

 BARR'S MILK-VETCH 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F150 . 025 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S3 



Survey site name: SOUTH BIDDLE 

 County: Powder River 



USGS quadrangle: BIDDLE 



Township-range: 009S052E Section: 4 NW4 

 Township-range comments: T8S R52E Sec 33 SE4 



Survey date: 1989-05-16 Elevation: 3500 

 First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: 0-8%/WEST 



Last observation: 1989-05-16 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



CA. 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIDDLE, EAST AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 

 59. 



Element occurrence data: 



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

 DROUGHT, ) 



General site description: 



SILTY-CLAY "GUMBO" KNOLLS AND KNOBS, WITH PHLOX HOODII, 

 ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, 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 barri 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



