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 . 004 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LIMEKILN CANYON 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: RED ROCK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



OlOS OlOW 32 SE4SE4; 33 NW4SW4SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-06-08 Elevation: 5640 



First observation: 1993-06-08 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1993-06-08 Size (acres) : 4 



Location: 



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

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

 MILES. TAKE TWO-TRACK ON RIGHT AND FOLLOW TO BOTTOM OF DRAW. 



Element occurrence data: 



100-500 PLANTS, MAINLY IN FRUIT. 



General site description: 



OPEN TERRACE BOTTOM, MOIST IN SPRING. LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, SILTY 

 SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, AGROPYRON SMITHII, 

 CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS , ARABIS HOLBOELII. 



Land owner /manager : 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



DISTURBANCE BY LIVESTOCK USE AND WEEDS. 



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

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (5987). 1993. MONTU. 



