MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: PENSTEMON LEMHIENSIS 

 Common Name: LEMHI BEARDTONGUE 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR1L3N0 . 046 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: MOUNT HUMBUG 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: SILVER BOV; 



USGS quadrangle: MOUNT HUMBUG 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 

 001S007W 06 NE4 



001N007W 32 SW4SW4 



Survey date: Elevation: 7640 - 7880 



First observation: 1992-06-28 Slope/aspect: 30% / NORTHEAST 

 i^Last observation: 1992-06-28 Size (acres) : 12 



Location: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE. FROM CAMP CREEK ROAD (FS RD 8520) 

 TAKE ROAD TO FISH CREEK AND HIGHLAND LOOKOUT (FS RD 8514). SITE IS 0.2 

 MILE BEYOND TURNOFF TO LOOKOUT. 



Element occurrence data: 



TWO SUBPOPULATIONS, EACH WITH 50-100 INDIVIDUALS, FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON CONCAVE MIDSLOPE. DRY AREA ON RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN 

 SLOPE; SANDY SOIL, CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENT PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED 

 DOMINANT SPECIES: AGROPYRON SPICATUM, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, ASTRAGALUS 

 MISER. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PHACELIA HASTATA, DELPHINIUM 

 BICOLOR, PHLOX LONGIFOLIA, COLLOMIA LINEARIS, BROMUS CARINATUS . 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, BUTTE RANGER DISTRICT 

 DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWl^ED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



OLD MINE PROSPECTS, ROAD, POCKET GOPHERS. ECODATA PLOT #92PL107. 



Information source: 



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

 MISSOULA, MT 59 812. 



Specimens: 



LESICA, P. (5738). 1992. MONTU . 



