MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ERIGERON GRACILIS 

 Common Name: SLENDER FLEABANE 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDAST3M1R0 . 012 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: PIPESTONE PASS 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments : 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: PIPESTONE PASS 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 



001N007W 33 N2NE4NW4; 28 S2S2S2 ; 27 N2NE4 ; 22 S2S2SE4 



Survey date: Elevation: 7120 - 7650 



First observation: 1992-06-29 Slope/aspect: 2-15% / SOUTH, EAST 

 Last observation: 1992-06-29 Size (acres) : 35 



!_.^cation: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE. TWO SITES: 1) FROM FISH CREEK TAKE 

 ROAD TO LIMEKILN HILL (FS RD 8492), SITE IS CA. 0.2 MILES SOUTH OF 

 SADDLE; 2) TAKE FISH CREEK ROAD (FS RD 668) WEST TO CREEK CROSSING. 

 PROCEED 0.3 MILE TO MEADOWS. 



Element occurrence data: 



1,000 TO 10,000 INDIVIDUALS, FLOWERING; 2 SUBPOPULATIONS . 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON STRAIGHT SLOPE; DRY-MOIST AREA ON RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN 

 SLOPES, SILTY SOIL, CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENT PARENT MATERIAL. 

 ASSOCIATED DOMINANT SPECIES: POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, 

 POA PRATENSIS. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED SPECIES: LUPINUS SERICEUS, 

 ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, CERASTIUM ARVENSE, POTENTILLA GRACILIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON RAITGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



LIVESTOCK, EXOTICS, AND ROADS IN AREA. ERIGERON GRACILIS PROBABLY 

 OCCURS IN OTHER AREAS IN HIGHLAND CITY AREA; HABITATS NOT SURVEYED. 



information source: 



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

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 



LESICA, P. (5741). 1992. MONTU . 



