LESQUERELLA KLAUSII * 033 

 DIVIDE BLADDERPOD 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G3 

 S3 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments: 



WILLOW CREEK AND SLIP GULCH TRAIL 



County: LEWIS AND CLARK 



USGS quadrangle: CANDLE MOUNTAIN 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



013N OOIW 7 W4SE4SW4,SE4SW4SW4; 18 NW4NE4NW4 , NE4NW4NW4 



13 NW4NW4NW4; 12 SW4SW4SW4; 11 SE4SE4SE4; 14 NE4 



Survey date: 

 First observation: 1992-05-19 

 Last observation: 1992-05-19 



Elevation: 5160 -7440 

 Slope/aspect: 25% / SOUTH 

 Size (acres) : 30 



Location: 



BIG BELT MOUNTAINS; SOUTH SLOPES OF CANDLE MOUNTAIN AND 

 ALONG THE SLIP GULCH TRAIL CA. 1.3 AIR MILES WEST OF THE 

 SUMMIT OF CANDLE MOUNTAIN; TAKE WILLOW CREEK OR REFRIGERATOR 

 CANYON TRAIL TO BEAR PRAIRIE AND FROM THERE CLIMB TO CANDLE 

 MOUNTAIN BY SOUTHWEST SPUR RIDGE. 



Element occurrence data: 



MORE THAN 10,000 INDIVIDUALS IN 2 SUBPOPULATIONS, IN FLOWER. 



General site description: 



OPEN DRY UPPER MOUNATIN SLOPES ON LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, 

 STONY SILTY SOIL. DOMINANT PLANT SPECIES: FESTUCA 

 IDAHOENSIS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, DELPHINIUM BICOLOR, 

 BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA AND SENECIO INTEGERRIMUS . FESTUCA 

 IDAHOENSIS/ AGROPYRON SPICATUM HABITAT TYPE. 



Land owner /manager : 



GATES OF THE MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS 



HELENA NATIONAL FOREST, HELENA RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



PROBABLY MANY MORE UNSURVEYED SUBPOPULATIONS IN AREA. 



Information source: 



LESICA, P. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIV. OF 

 MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 



LESICA. P. (5622). 1992. MONTU. 



Element Occurrence Record 



Plant Species of Special Concern 



Big Belt and Elkhorn Mountains 



