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PENSTEMON LEMHIENSIS 

 LEMHI BEARDTONGUE 



Element occurrence code: PDSCR1L3N0. 007 



Global rank: G3 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE LIST 

 State rank: S2 



Survey site name: MEDICINE TREE CREEK 

 County: Ravalli 



USGS quadrangle: ROBBINS GULCH 



Township-range: 0G2N020W Section: 21 

 Township-range comments: NE4SE4 ,SW4NE4 



Survey date: 1989-06-29 Elevation: 4150 

 First observation: 1950 Slope/aspect: 8-35% / S,SW 



Last observation: 1989-06-29 Size (acres) : 2 



Location: 



EAST FORK BITTERROOT RIVER DRAINAGE, NORTH SIDE OF U.S. HWY . 

 93, 0.1 MI. WEST OF MEDICINE TREE CREEK, AND 0.3 AIR MI. 

 NORTHWEST OF HWY. BRIDGE OVER CREEK, CA. 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST 

 OF CONNER. 



Element occurrence data: 



10 PLANTS OBSERVED, 7 ON ROADCUT, 3 ON SLOPES ABOVE. 



General site description: 



GRANITIC, GRAVELLY TO SANDY LOAM SOILS, ON ROADCUT AND WEEDY 

 SLOPES; PINUS PONDEROSA/PURSHIA TRIDENTATA HABITAT, WITH 

 CENTAUREA MACULOSA, BROMUS TECTORUM, KOELERIA CRISTATA, 

 BALSAMORHIZA SAGITTATA, PHACELIA LINEARIS, P. HETEROPHYLLA, 

 PHYSARIA GEYERI, ALYSSUM ALYSSOIDES, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, 

 VERBASCUM THAPSUS , ARABIS HOLBOELLII. 



Land owner/manager: 



PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



VOUCHER - SHELLY, J.S. (1568) AND A. KRATZ, 1989; POSSIBLE 

 RELOCATION OF HISTORICAL RECORD: MCCALL, T.G. & V.C. (352), 

 1950, MONTU (49394): "BETWEEN CONNER AND SULA, ON ROCKY 

 HILLSIDE ABOVE RIVER." 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS IN RAVALLI COUNTY, 26-29 

 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Pensteinon I emh i ens i s 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



