MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS TERMINALIS 

 Common Name: RAILHEAD MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G3G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F8U0 . 008 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LIMEKILN CANYON 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: NO EVIDENCE OF DISTURBANCE. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: GARFIELD CANYON 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 Oils OllW 01 NW4SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-06-08 Elevation: 6240 



First observation: 1993-06-08 Slope/aspect: 25% / NE 



Last observation: 1993-06-08 Size (acres) : 3 



Location: 



FROM 1-15 TAKE RED ROCK EXIT AND GO NORTH ON WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY FOR 

 2.5 MILES. GO LEFT FOR 0.4 MILE, THEN LEFT AND FOLLOW ROAD FOR 2 

 MILES. TAKE TWO-TRACK ON RIGHT UP TO LIMEKILN CANYON. 



Element occurrence data: 



500-1000 PLANTS, 40% FLOWERING, 60% IN BUD. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN MID TO LOWER SLOPE, UNGLACIATED UPLANDS. LIMESTONE PARENT 

 MATERIAL, SILTY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM, CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS, PHLOX HOODII, CASTILLEJA 

 PALLESCENS, LESQUERELLA ALPINA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments: 



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

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (5991). 1993. MONTU. 



