APPENDIX G 

 ELEMENT OCCURRENCE RECORDS FOR SAMPLE PLOTS 



Scientific Name: AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM/PHACELIA HASTATA PA 

 Common Name: THICKSPIKE WHEATGRASS/SILVERLEAF PHACELIA ASSOCIATION 



Global rank: G2? Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2? Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: C5B2CAMBA0 . 001 



Survey site name: CENTENNIAL SANDHILLS WEST #2 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: CATTLE APPARENTLY HAVE DEGRADED THE SITE 



SOMEWHAT. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: LOWER RED ROCK LAKE 



Township: 013S Range: 002W Section: 22 Precision: S 



Township-range comments: NW4NE4 



Survey date: 1991-07-23 Elevation: 6690 

 First observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 25% / SOUTHEAST 



Last observation: 1991-07-23 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



FROM MONIDA, PROCEED EAST ON MAIN GRAVEL ROAD CA. 10 MILES TO A DIRT 

 ROAD LEADING NORTH. TAKE THIS ROAD 3 MILES TO A T INTERSECTION. STAY 

 ON THE MOST PROMINENT ROAD LEADING EAST FOR 16.5 MILES TO A Y 

 INTERSECTION. TAKE LEFT-HAND ROAD AT Y AND PROCEED CA. 0.8 5 MILE TO A 

 FENCE. PLOT IS CA. 0.3 MILE ESE. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 20 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: AGROPYRON 

 DASYSTACHYUM (10% CANOPY COVER), ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES (10%), STIPA 

 COMATA (20%), PHACELIA HASTATA (3%), AND PSORALEA TENUIFLORA (30%). 

 COMPLETE LIST ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



ROLLING UPLAND; PLOT POSITION IS SHORT SLOPE. SAND DUNES PARENT 

 MATERIAL AND USTIC TORRIPSAMMENT SOIL SUBGROUP. GROUND COVER: BARE 

 SOIL (60%) , TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (0%) . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD036. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R. L. DEVELICE. CRYPTANTHA 



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