MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: SPHAEROMERIA ARGENTEA 

 Common Name: CHICKEN SAGE 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDAST8S010 . 004 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: ROCKY HILLS 



EO rank : A 

 EO rank comments: NEAR PRISTINE. 



County : BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: GRANT 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S 012W 1 S2; 12 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1994-06-29 Elevation: 6400 - 6800 



First observation: 1994-06-29 Slope/aspect: 20% / SW 



Last observation: 1994-06-29 Size (acres): 



Location: 



CA. 5 MILES NORTH OF GRANT ON GRAVEL ROAD TO BANNACK STATE PARK, TURN 

 EAST ON DIRT ROAD AND FOLLOW TO ROCKY WELL . TRAVEL OVERLAND CA . 1.5 

 AIR MILES WNW. PLANTS ARE ON SOUTHWEST SLOPES OF ROCKY HILLS. 



Element occurrence data : 



5000-10,000 PLANTS WITH 3 SUBPOPULATIONS, 100% IN EARLY BUD. SOME 

 INFECTED WITH FUNGUS (RUST?) . 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN RESIDUAL MIDSLOPE. LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, GRAVELLY CLAY 

 SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PINUS FLEXILIS, CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, 

 ELYMUS SPICATUS, HAPLOPAPPUS ACAULIS, KOELERIA MACRANTHA, ERIGERON 

 TWEEDYI, ERIGERON COMPOSITUS, PENSTEMON ARIDUS, IVESIA GORDONII , 

 PENSTEMON ERIANTHERUS, JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



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



OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5211). 1994. MONT. 



