MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: DELPHINIUM BICOLOR SSP NOVUM 

 Common Name: UNDESCRIBED LARKSPUR 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDRANNOVOl . 007 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: CLARK CANYON RESERVOIR 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION; SUBDIVISION NEARBY. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: RED ROCK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



OlOS OlOW 29 SW4; 30 SE4 ; 31 NE4 ; 32 NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-06-08 Elevation: 5640 - 5960 



First observation: 1993-06-08 Slope/aspect: 10% / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1993-06-08 Size (acres) : 300 



Location: 



FROM 1-15 TAKE RED ROCK EXIT AND HEAD NORTH ALONG WEST SIDE OF 

 INTERSTATE FOR 2.5 MILES. TURN LEFT AND PROCEED FOR 0.4 MILE TO 

 LIMESTONE HILLS. 



Element occurrence data: 



1000-10,000 PLANTS, 70% FLOWERING, 30% IN BUD. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN MID- TO UPPER SLOPE, NON-GLACIATED UPLANDS. LIMESTONE PARENT 

 MATERIAL, SHALLOW GRAVELLY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: AGROPYRON 

 SPICATUM, POA SECUNDA, PENSTEMON ARIDUS, GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE, 

 OPUNTIA POLYACANTHA, ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 CLARK CANYON RESERVOIR 



Comments : 



LITTLE DISTURBANCE IN AREA. P. LESICA NOTES THAT PLANT IS PROBABLY 

 COMMON ALL AROUND CLARK CANYON RESERVOIR. 



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

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (5989). 1993. MONTU. 



