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 . 024 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: FROG CREEK 



EO rank: C 

 EO rank comments: SMALL POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: COYOTE CREEK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S 014W 21 SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1989-06-29 Elevation: 7200 - 7280 



First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: 8-15% / EAST 



Last observation: 1990-07-10 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



HORSE PRAIRIE, CA . 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF HORSE PRAIRIE GUARD STATION, 

 ALONG FROG CREEK 



Element occurrence data : 



1990: 17 GENETS; PLANTS MOSTLY BLOOMING OR BROWSED; FEW SEEDLINGS WERE 

 OBSERVED. 1989: 26 PLANTS. 



General site description: 



ON ROADSIDE EMBANKMENT WITH BALSAMCRHIZA SAGITTATA, ARTEMISIA 

 TRIDENTATA, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, SEDUM SP., POTENTILL GRACILIS, 

 ARTEMISIA TRIPARTITA, ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM, PENSTEMON ARIDIS, 

 CASTILLEJA PALLESCENS, FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS AND FRAGARIA VESCA . 



Land owner /manager : 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 

 BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



16 OF 17 PLANTS GROWING IN ROADCUT. POPULATION COULD BE ELIMINATED 

 THROUGH ROAD MAINTENANCE, SPRAY AND WILDFLOWER PICKERS. 1994-06-28: 

 JIM VANDERHORST SEARCHED FOR POPULATION BUT NO PLANTS WERE FOUND. 



Information source: SCHASSBERGER, L. A. 1989. [MTNHP FIELD SURVEYS OF 



SOUTHWEST MONTANA, 2 6-30 JUNE (PENSTEMON 

 LEMHIENSIS) .] 



Specimens : 



