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 . 047 

 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: 

 001S008W 04 SE4NE4SE4 



Survey date: Elevation: 6920 



First observation: 1992-07-11 Slope/aspect: 35% / EAST 

 Last observation: 1992-07-11 Size (acres) : 1 



location: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE. FROM HIGHLAND ROAD (FS RD 84) TAKE 

 ROAD TO MOOSE TOWN (FS RD 8594) . FOLLOW ROAD TO MALONEY PARK, CONTINUE 

 WEST 0.2 MILE TO TRACK GOING NORTH ACROSS CREEK AND PROCEED ON TRACK 

 FOR CA. 0.7 MILES. SITE IS JUST EAST OF TRACK, CA. 1.6 MILES SOUTHEAST 

 OF THE PEAK OF MOUNT HUMBUG. 



Element occurrence data: 



100-200 INDIVIDUALS, FLOWERS AND IMMATURE FRUIT. NEARLY ALL 

 INFLORESCENCES EATEN OFF. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON CONCAVE RESIDUAL LOWER SLOPE, DRY AREA, SANDY SOIL, 

 CALC METASEDIMENT PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED DOMINANT SPECIES: 

 CHRYSOTHAMlfUS NAUSEOSUS, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM. 

 ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED SPECIES: HAPLO PAPPUS ACAULIS, MACHAERANTHERA 

 CANESCENS. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments: 



PREDATION PROBABLY CAUSED BY ELK, BUT POSSIBLY DEER OR COWS. ECODATA 

 PLOT ^92PL115 



■^formation source: 



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

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 



