APPENDIX E. Target plant species documented in the Tendoy 

 Mountains vicinity. Locations of occurrences of the following 

 species are mapped in Figure 2 (Results section). The top 

 line of each entry gives the scientific name of the plant, 

 followed (in order) by the Montana Natural Heritage Program 

 global and state rank (Heidel 1994), the U.S. Forest Service 

 Region 1 status (USDA Forest Service 1994), the proposed 

 Montana BLM status (USDI Bureau of Land Management 1993), and 

 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service status (USDI Fish and 

 Wildlife Service 1993). 



SPECIES MTNHP USES BLM USFWS 



Agastache cusickii G3S1 - Sensitive 3C 



This species is known from Montana only in the Tendoy 

 Mountains. Three populations are on the Beaverhead National 

 Forest in Kelmbeck, Patterson, and Williamson-Wood Canyons. 

 One population is on BLM land on a slope above upper Big Sheep 

 Creek. Additional populations should be sought on southern 

 exposed limestone talus slopes, especially in the canyons. 

 Plants have a long flowering period and are easily recognized 

 at all stages. 



Aquilegia formosa G5S1 - - 



Two populations are known from the Tendoys on the Beaverhead 

 National Forest on the north side of Timber Butte and in 

 Kelmbeck Canyon. Both of these occurrences are in heavily 

 shaded Douglas fir stands in bottoms of draws. A third 

 population occurs on the Beaverhead National Forest in 

 forest/lakeshore ecotone habitat at Morrison Lake in the 

 Beaverhead Mountains. Forested habitats are less common on 

 BLM land in the range but the species should be looked for in 

 forested canyon bottoms and northern exposures. The flowering 

 period is June to early July; flowers are essential for 

 positive identification. 



Astragalus scaphoides G3S1 - Sensitive 3C 



A total of three occurrences are known in the range, one on 

 the Beaverhead National Forest and two on BLM land. All of 

 these are on the western flank of the range in the drainage of 

 Medicine Lodge Creek. The species occurs in sagebrush 

 grasslands {Artemisia tridentata/Elymus spicatus habitat 

 types), usually on slopes with southern exposures. Additional 

 populations are likely, especially on the western flank of the 

 range. The plants flower in June and produce fruit in July; 

 they are identifiable in either of these stages and the 

 presence of old fruits may allow identification at other 

 stages. 



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