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: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDLAM03030. 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: PATTERSON CANYON 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: SMALLER THAN PREVIOUSLY-KNOWN BIG SHEEP CREEK 

 POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CABOOSE CANYON 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 014S OlOW 28 SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1994-07-14 Elevation: 6960 - 7360 



First observation: 1994-07-14 Slope/aspect: 30-50% / S-SE 



Last observation: 1994-07-14 Size (acres): 15 



Location: 



CA. 1 MILE WEST OF BIG SHEEP CREEK UP PATTERSON CANYON. ALTERNATE 

 ACCESS VIA PUBLIC LAND FROM PILEUP CANYON. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 1000 PLANTS (CLUMPS OF AERIAL STEMS); 2 SUBPOPULATIONS . 70% 

 FLOWERING, 30% VEGETATIVE. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN, LOWER TO MIDSLOPE ROCKSLIDE. LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, 

 GRAVELLY CLAY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, ELYMUS 

 SPICATUS, PINUS FLEXILIS, LEUCOPOA KINGII, CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, 

 RISES SETOSUM, OENOTHERA CAESPITOSA, ARENARIA NUTTALLII, BUPLEURUM 

 AMERICANUM, PENSTEMON ARIDIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, DILLON RANGER DISTRICT 

 BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments: 



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

 OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5241 (B)). 199^ 



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