MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: IIAPLOPAPPUS MACR0NEI4A VAR LINEARIS 

 Common Name: LINEAR-LEAVED DISCOID GOLDENWEED 



Global rank: G4T? Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDAST4F0U3 . 001 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: MOUNT HUMBUG 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT HUMBUG 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 



001N008W 35 SW4SW4; 34 SE4SE4 



001S008V7 03 NE4NE4 



Survey date: Elevation: 6880 - 6980 



First observation: 1992-08-01 Slope/aspect: 10% / SOUTHEAST 

 ^.ast observation: 1992-08-01 Size (acres) : 15 



Location: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE; TAKE HIGHLAND ROAD (FS RD 84) WEST 

 TO TURNOFF TO MOOSE TOWN. GO LEFT AND PROCEED TO FIRST CATTLE GUARD. 

 SITE IS CA. 0.6 MILE SOUTHEAST OF MOOSE CAMP SPRING. 



Element occurrence data: 



500-1000 INDIVIDUALS; FLOWERING, IN FRUIT AND BUD. EVIDENCE OF SEED 

 DISPERSAL. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON CONCAVE MIDSLOPE. DRY AREA ON RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN 

 SLOPE; LOAM SOIL, METASEDIMENT PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED DOMINANT 

 SPECIES: POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, FESTUCA 

 IDAHOENSIS, AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM, STIPA RICHARDSONII . ADDITIONAL 

 ASSOCIATED SPECIES: POA PRATENSIS, ANTENNARIA MICROPHYLLA, GEUM 

 TRIFLORUM, ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, BUTTE RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



ROAD RUNS THROUGH POPULATION; HEAVY LIVESTOCK USE NEAR CATTLEGUARD. 

 PLANT APPEARS TO BE MOST COI-MON IN MOST DISTURBED TO^EAS . 



Information source: 



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

 MISSOULA, HT 59812. 



Specimens : 



T.PQXr'a P ^RflTT\ 1 a Q o Mnwpn 



