MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: AGASTACHE CUSICKII 

 Common Name: CUSICK'S HORSE-MINT 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 30 



Element occurrence code: PDLAM03030 . 002 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: WILLIAMSON WOOD CANYON 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION CONFINED BY SIZE OF TALUS. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CABOOSE CANYON 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 014S OlOW 18 SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1994-07-20 Elevation: 7450 - 7750 



First observation: 1994-07-20 Slope/aspect: 0-60% / S-SE 



Last observation: 1994-07-20 Size (acres): 5 



Location: 



TRAVEL CA. 0.8 MILE SOUTH ON BIG SHEEP CREEK ROAD FROM JUNCTION WITH 

 MUDDY CREEK ROAD. TURN WEST ON DIRT ROAD, FOLLOW CA. 1.5 MILES TO 

 WILLIAMSON WOOD CANYON AND GO UP CANYON CA. 2.5 MILES. 



Element occurrence data: 



4 SUBPOPULATIONS WITH 200-500 PLANTS TOTAL. 99% FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN, UNSTABLE LOWER TO MIDSLOPE ROCKSLIDE. OCCURRING ONLY IN 

 FINE GRAVEL IN CHUTES AND AT BASE OF SLOPE. LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, 

 GRAVELLY CLAY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: LEUCOPOA KINGII, CERCOCARPUS 

 LEDIFOLIUS, RIBES SETOSUM, ARENARIA NUTTALLII, PENSTEMON MONTANUS , 

 ERIOGONUM OVALIFOLIUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. [BOTANIST]. 1515 LAKE STREET, 

 OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5243). 1994. MONT. 



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