MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: TARAXACUM ERIOPHORUM 

 Common Name: ROCKY MOUNTAIN DANDELION 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDAST930G0 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BIG SHEEP CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CABOOSE CANYON 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 015S OlOW 09 NE4 



Precision: M 



Survey date: Elevation: 6920 



First observation: 1984 Slope/aspect: GENTLE / NE TO NW 



Last observation: 1984-06-01 Size (acres): 



Location: 



SOUTHWEST END OF BIG SHEEP CREEK ROAD, NEAR ROAD TO HARKNESS RANCHES 

 (CA. 14 AIR MI. SOUTHWEST OF DELL). 



Element occurrence data: 

 EXTENSIVE COLONY. 



General site description: 



ON GENTLE NORTHEAST TO NORTHWEST SLOPE, IN OPEN RANGELAND, WITH 

 LUPINUS SP., ACHILLEA SP. AND T. LAEVIGATUM. 



Land owner /manager : 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments: 

 NONE. 



Information source: LACKSCHEWITZ , KLAUS. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL 



SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 

 59812. 406/243-5222. 



Specimens: LACKSCHEWITZ, K. (10699) AND J. PIERCE. 1984. SPECIMEN 

 #28349. MONTU. 



