Montana Natural Heritage Program 

 Element Occurrence Report 



Scientific Name: TOWNSENDIA FLORIFER 

 Common Name: SHOWY TOWNSENDIA 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: SI 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status; 



Element occurrence code: PDAST9C080 . 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments : 



MUD SPRING 

 BC 



County: MADISON 



USGS quadrangle: METZEL RANCH 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments 



007S 005W 34 SE4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1996-06-05 Elevation: 5800 - 5840 

 1996-06-02 Slope/aspect: 5% / SW 

 1995-06-05 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



TAKE RUBY RIVER ROAD SOUTH FROM ALDER CA . 13 MILE PAST RUBY RESERVOIR. 

 TURN WEST AT MALONEY RANCH WINDMILL AND TRAVEL CA. 3 MILES TO SITE. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 50 PLANTS IN 4 DIFFUSE GROUPS. MOST ARE MULTI- STEMMED, IN EARLY 

 STAGES OF FLOWERING 2 JUNE 1996; SOME STILL IN BUD, FEW ROSETTES. 



General site description: 



HIGH, DRY PLAINS BELOW RUBY MOUNTAINS AND ABOVE GREASEWOOD FLATS, AT A 

 GENTLE MIDSLOPE POSITION ON POWDERY SILT WITH MUCH BARE GROUND. LOCAL 

 DOMINANTS INCLUDE STIPA COMATA . ASSOCIATED SPECIES INCLUDE: AGROPYRON SPP . , 

 POA SECUNDA, STIPA VIRIDULA, MUSINEON DIVARICATUM, ALLIUM TEXTILE, ARTEMISIA 

 FRIGIDA. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



GRAZING USE APPEARS TO BE IN THE WINTER. 



Information source: HEIDEL, BONNIE. [BOTANIST] MONTANA NATURAL 



HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVENUE, P.O. BOX 

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: 406/444-3 009. 



Specimens: HEIDEL, B. (1441). 1996. MONTU . 



