MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: HALIMOLOBOS VIRGATA 

 Common Name: TWIGGY HALIMOLOBOS 



Global rank: G2G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA1A040 . 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: PILEUP CANYON 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CABOOSE CANYON 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 014S OlOW 33 NW4NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-07-13 Elevation: 7520 - 7600 



First observation: 1993-07-13 Slope/aspect: 25% / SOUTHWEST 



Last observation: 1993-07-13 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



FROM DELL, TAKE BIG SHEEP CREEK ROAD TO CABIN CREEK ROAD. CONTINUE CA. 

 0.7 5 MILE TO PILEUP CANYON; WALK UP CANYON. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 100 PLANTS, MAINLY FRUITING. 



General site description: 



DRY, PARTIALLY SHADED UPPER SLOPE, LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, STONY 

 SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, 

 ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES, CHRYSOTHAMNUS 

 VISCIDIFLORUS. 



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. (6108). 1993. MONTU. 



