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PENSTEMON LEMHIENSIS 

 LEMHI BEARDTONGUE 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR1L3N0. 002 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 



Survey site name: TRAIL CREEK 

 County: Beaverhead 



USGS quadrangle: EVERSON CREEK 



LEMHI PASS 



Township-range: 010S014W Section: 18 



Township-range comments: S2 , 17SW4, 19NW4 ;T10SR15W: 24NE4 



Survey date: 1986-06-22 Elevation: 6520 

 First observation: 1970 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1989-06-29 Size (acres) : 13 



Location: 



TRAIL CREEK, ALONG ROAD TO LEMHI PASS (BEAVERHEAD N.F. RD. 

 3909.2), CA. 3.5-4.5 AIR MI. ESE. OF LEMHI PASS. 



Element occurrence data: 



70-100 PLANTS, 6 SUBPOPULATIONS ; IN FULL FLOWER; MOST PLANTS 

 OCCUR ALONG ROADSIDE. 



General site description: 



SANDY TO GRAVELLY LOAM SOILS, ON ALLUVIAL FAN AND ALONG 

 ROAD; ARTEMISIA TRIDENT AT A/ POA SECUNDA, WITH BROMUS 

 TECTORUM, SITANION HYSTRIX, CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS AND 

 ERIOGONUM OVALIFOLIUM VAR NEVADENSE. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



VOUCHERS -WATSON, T.J. (1279), 1976, MONTU; STICKNEY, P.F. 

 (2107), 1970, MONT; SCHASSBERGER, L.A. (299), 1989. 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1986. FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY OF 

 18-22 JUNE; SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1989. FIELD SURVEY OF 

 SOUTHWEST MONTANA, 26-30 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Penstemon I emh i ens i s 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



