LESQUERELLA KLAUSII * 031 

 DIVIDE BLADDERPOD 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S3 Federal Status: 



Survey site name: NEEDHAM MOUNTAIN 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BROADWATER 

 MEAGHER 



USGS quadrangle: WHITES CITY 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



OllN 002E 23 S2NW4, 22 NE4NE4 , NE4SW4 



Survey date: 1992-08-12 Elevation: 6500 -6800 



First observation: 1992-08-12 Slope/aspect: 20-40% / SOUTH AND 

 SOUTHEAST 



Last observation: 1992-08-12 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



BIG BELT MOUNTAINS, NEEDHAM MOUNTAIN AND ADJOINING RIDGE TO 

 NORTHEAST, ACCESSIBLE VIA FS RD #4161 TO RUGGED JEEP TRAILS, 



Element occurrence data: 



150-200 PLANTS, IN IMMATURE FLOWERING STAGE FOR SECOND TIME 

 IN SEASON, MANY OF THE FLOWERS ABORTED. OCCASIONAL IN 

 RESTRICTED HABITAT. 



General site description: 



SPARSELY VEGETATED AREAS ON SOUTH AND EAST-FACING GRASSLAND 

 SLOPES OF NEEDHAM MOUNTAIN AND ADJOINING RIDGELINE. UPPER 

 GRAVELLY LIMESTONE SURROUNDED BY AGROPYRON SPICATUM-FESTUCA 

 IDAHOENSIS HABITAT TYPE. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ERIOGONUM 

 OVALIFOLIUM, SENECIO CANA, FESTUCA OVINA, CHRYSOPSIS 

 VILLOSA, ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, ASTRAGALUS VEXILLIFLEXUS . 



Land owner /manager : 



HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, TOWNSEND RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



REPRESENTS MINOR SOUTHERN RANGE EXTENSION SOUTHWARD AND NEW 

 COUNTY RECORD. 



Information source: 



HEIDEL, B. 1992. [MTNHP FIELD SURVEY TO NEEDHAM MOUNTAIN OF 

 12 JULY.] 



Specimens: 



HEIDEL, B. (922). 1992. MONT. 



Element Occurrence Record 



Plant Species of Special Concern 



Big Belt and EUhorn Mountains 



