MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS SCAPHOIDES 

 Common Name: BITTERROOT MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 3C 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F7V0 . Oil 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: GARFIELD CANYON 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION, MANY VEGETATIVE PLANTS; HAS NOT 



BEEN GRAZED FOR 2 YEARS, BUT GRAZING WILL PROBABLY 



RESUME AT SOME POINT. 



County : BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: GARFIELD CANYON 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 010S 011W 29 SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1994-07-01 Elevation: 6720 - 6800 



First observation: 1994-07-01 Slope/aspect: 0-20% / SOUTH 



Last observation: 1994-07-01 Size (acres) : 10 



Location : 



CA. 1.5 MILES EAST OF MEDICINE LODGE CREEK ROAD, 1.5 MILES NORTH OF 

 BAKER CANYON. NORTHERN TENDOY FOOTHILLS ON A SOUTH-FACING SLOPE ABOVE 

 DRAW. 



Element occurrence data : 



200-500 PLANTS, 50% VEGETATIVE, 20% ABORTED FLOWERS, 10% FRUIT, 20% 

 FLOWER . 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN RESIDUAL MIDSLOPE. CLAY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: ARTEMISIA 

 TRIDENTATA, ELYMUS SPICATUS, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, GUTIERREZIA 

 SAROTHRAE, ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS, ASTRAGALUS DRUMMUNDII, LUPINUS 

 LEUCOPHYLLUS , CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS, SPHAERALCEA COCCINA, 

 OPUNTIA POLYACANTHA, KOELERIA MACRANTHA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



A FEW BROWSED HEADS OBSERVED. 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. [BOTANIST]. 1515 LAKE STREET, 



OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5212). 1994. MONT. 



