MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES 

 Common Name: BITTERROOT MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F7V0 . 010 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: JOHNSON GULCH 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION. 



::ounty: BEAVERHEAD 



JSGS quadrangle: DEER CANYON 



rownship: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 Oils OllW 20 E2 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-07-27 Elevation: 6800 



First observation: 1993-07-27 Slope/aspect: 5% / SW 



Last observation: 1993-07-27 Size (acres) : 20 



Location: 



GO WEST FROM CLARK CANYON RESERVOIR TO MEDICINE LODGE ROAD, GO SOUTH 

 CA. 11 MILES TO JOHNSON GULCH ROAD, THEN EAST CA. 2 MILES. 



Element occurrence data: 



1000-5000 PLANTS, SOME FLOWERING, MOSTLY FRUIT. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN LOWER SLOPE, NON-GLACIATED MOUNTAIN VALLEY. LIMESTONE PARENT 

 MATERIAL, LOAM SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIPARTITA, FESTUCA 

 IDAHOENSIS, A. SPICATUM, CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS, CAREX FILIFOLIA, 

 ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



SOME EVIDENCE OF CATTLE DISTURBANCE; SOME INFLORESCENCE PREDATION 

 NOTED. 



Information source: LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (6129). 1993. 



