MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: SPHAEROMERIA ARGENTEA 

 Common Name: CHICKEN SAGE 



Global rank: G? Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDAST8S010 . 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: NICHOLIA CREEK 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CABOOSE CANYON 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 015S OlOW 16 SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1993-07-12 Elevation: 6960 



First observation: 1993-07-12 Slope/aspect: LEVEL 



Last observation: 1993-07-12 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



FROM DELL TAKE BIG SHEEP CREEK ROAD TO NICHOLIA CREEK ROAD THEN GO 

 SOUTH 0.2 MILE. TAKE DEADMAN ROAD SOUTH CA . 1.4 MILE TO OLD CABIN AND 

 FOLLOW TRAIL WEST TO SECOND STREAM. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 100 PLANTS, FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



OPEN, MOIST TERRACE BOTTOM, LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, CLAY SOIL. 

 ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA ARBUSCULA, SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS , POA 

 NEVADENSIS, ATRIPLEX GARDNERI , AGROPYRON SMITHII, HAPLOPAPPUS 

 UNIFLORUS. 



Land owner /manager : 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments: 



EVIDENCE OF CATTLE IN AREA. 



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

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812, 



Specimens: LESICA, P. (6097). 1993. MONTU. 



