MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: LOMATIUM ATTENUATUM 

 Common Name: TAPER-TIP DESERT-PARSLEY 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDAPI1B240 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LIMEKILN CANYON 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: MAY BE ADDITIONAL UNMAPPED SUBPOPULATIONS . 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: GARFIELD CANYON 

 RED ROCK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 Oils OllW 01 CENTER; 02 SE4 

 OllS OlOW 06 NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-07-11 Elevation: 6200 - 7040 



First observation: 1993-07-11 Slope/aspect: 20-35% / S - W 



Last observation: 1993-07-11 Size (acres) : 20 



Location: 



FROM RED ROCK GO SOUTH ON FRONTAGE ROAD, THEN WEST AND NORTH ON COUNTY 

 ROAD. TAKE LIMEKILN CANYON ROAD INTO CANYON. 



Element occurrence data: 



500-2000 PLANTS WITH AT LEAST 5 SUBPOPULATIONS. MATURE FRUIT. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN TO PARTIAL SHADE, NON-GLACIATED MOUNTAIN LOWERSLOPE. 

 LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, SANDY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII, CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, BERBERIS REPENS, AGROPYRON 

 SPICATUM. 



Land owner /manager : 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments: 



ONLY KNOWN POPULATION IN MONTANA. 



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

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (5990, 6078, 6081). 1993. 



