MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: PHACELIA INCANA 

 Common Name: HOARY PHACELIA 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDHYD0C270 . 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BELL CANYON 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: ANNUALS ARE PROBABLY EPHEMERAL, AT LEAST WHERE 

 POPULATIONS ARE SMALL AS THIS ONE IS. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 

 USGS quadrangle: KIDD 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 OllS OlOW 18 SW4SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-06-22 Elevation: 6280 



First observation: 1993-06-22 Slope/aspect: 45% / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1993-06-22 Size (acres) : 1 



Location : 



TAKE RED ROCK EXIT OFF 1-15. FROM RAMP, GO SOUTH ON ROAD PARALLEL TO 



INTERSTATE; AFTER CA. 1 MILE TAKE RIGHT TURN WEST UP BELL CANYON CA. 2 



MILES. PLANTS ARE ON SCREE ACROSS FROM FIRST TIMBER. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 50 PLANTS, 2 SUBPOPULATIONS . 50% FLOWERING, 50% VEGETATIVE. NO 

 FRUIT SEEN. 



General site description: 



OPEN, DRY TO SEASONALLY MOIST LOWERSLOPE ROCKSLIDE. LIMESTONE PARENT 

 MATERIAL, CLAY-LIKE SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: CHRYSOTHAMNUS 

 VISCIDIFLORUS, CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA (ON 

 ADJACENT SLOPES), MIMULUS SUKSDORFII, COLLINSIA PARVIFLORA, PHACELIA 

 HETEROPHYLLA, PHACELIA LINEARIS, DESCURAINIA RICHARDSONII , MENTZELIA 

 ALBICAULIS, CHENOPODIUM SP., CRYPTANTHA SP. 



Land owner /manager : 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



AREA GRAZED BUT TALUS IS UNTOUCHED. HABITAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO 

 SURVEY. OTHER SCREE SLOPES IN CANYON WERE SURVEYED BUT NO MORE PLANTS 

 WERE FOUND. 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. 1993. [MTNHP FIELD SURVEYS IN THE 

 TENDOY MOUNTAINS FOR THE BUREAU OF LAND 

 MANAGEMENT. ] 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (4970). 1993. MONT. 



