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 . 004 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: PILEUP CANYON 



EO rank: A-B 

 EO rank comments: WESTERN SUBPOPULATION IS LARGE, HABITAT PRISTINE; 

 EASTERN SUBPOPULATION IS SMALLER. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CABOOSE CANYON 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 014S OlOW 33 NW4, 32 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-07-13 Elevation: 7240 - 7800 



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



Last observation: 1993-07-13 Size (acres) : 60 



Location: 



FROM DELL, TAKE BIG SHEEP CREEK ROAD TO CABIN CREEK ROAD. FOR EASTERN 

 SUBPOPULATION, TAKE CABIN CREEK ROAD CA. 0.7 5 MILE TO PILEUP CANYON 

 AND WALK UP CANYON. FOR WESTERN SUBPOPULATION, GO CA. 2 MILES ON CABIN 

 CREEK ROAD TO UNNAMED GULCH AND WALK UP GULCH. 



Element occurrence data: 



2 SUBPOPULATIONS: EASTERN: 200-1000 PLANTS, FLOWERING AND FRUITING. 

 WESTERN: 5000-10000 PLANTS, FOWERING AND FRUITING. 



General site description: 



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

 SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, 

 PETROPHYTUM CAESPITOSUM, ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES, PENSTEMON ARIDUS. 



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. (6072). 1993. MONTU. 



