CIRSIUM LONGISTYLUM * 022 

 LONG-STYLED THISTLE 



Global rank: G2Q Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: C2 



Survey site name: CARL CREEK 



EO rank: D 

 EO rank comments: VERY SMALL POPULATION, DISTURBED HABITAT. 



County: BROADWATER 



USGS quadrangle: BATTLE MOUNTAIN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 007N 005E 20 NE4 



Survey date: 1992-07-14 Elevation: 5440 -5480 



First observation: 1992-07-14 Slope/aspect: 0-5% / SOUTH, 

 SOUTHEAST. 



Last observation: 1992-07-14 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



BIG BELT MOUNTAINS, ALONG CARL CREEK TRAIL, JUST SOUTH OF 

 TRAILHEAD OFF HIGHWAY 12. 



Element occurrence data: 



7 PLANTS TOTAL, 1 COLLECTED. IN EARLY FLOWERING; WEEVILS 

 PRESENT. 



General site description: 



IN ABANDONED ROADBED (NORTH END) AND SEMI-INTACT MEADOW 

 (SOUTH END) OF PARTIALLY-OPEN VALLEY BOTTOM SEGMENT ALONG 

 CARL CREEK. ASSOCIATED SPECIES (NORTH END) : PHLEUM PRATENSE, 

 SYMPHORICARPOS ALBUS, CIRSIUM VULGARIS, GERANIUM 

 VISCOSSISIMUM, BROMUS INERMIS; SOUTH END: GALIUM BOREALE, 

 FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, SENECIO SPP., AND ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM. 



Land owner /manager : 



HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, TOWNSEND RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VALLEY BOTTOM WAS FORMER ROADBED; HIGH NUMBER OF EXOTICS 

 OUTSIDE OF ROADBED MAY REFLECT GRAZING HISTORY. 



Information source: 



HEIDEL, B. 1992. [MTNHP FIELD SURVEY TO CARL CREEK OF 14 



JULY . ] 



Specimens: 



HEIDEL, B. (796). 1992. MONT. 



Element Occurrence Record 



Plant Species of Special Concern 



