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: 



£!• t occurrence code: C5B2CAMBA0 . 003 



Survey site name: CENTENNIAL SANDHILLS - EAST #1 



EO rank: BC 

 EG rank comments: SITE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN DEGRADED BY 



CATTLE GRAZING. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: LOWER RED ROCK LAKE 



Township: 013S Range: OOIW Section: 19 Precision: S 



Township-range comments: NW4SE4 



Survey date: 1991-07-24 Elevation: 6680 

 F 3t observation: 1991 Slope/aspect: 40% / NORTHWEST 



Lr.jt observation: 1991-07-24 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 A RIGHT AT THE Y AND PROCEED SOUTH AND EAST CA. 4.5 

 MILES TO A JEEP ROAD LEADING NORTH. PARK. PLOT IS 0.5 MILE NNE . 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 23 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: ARTEMISIA 

 TRIDENTATA (10% CANOPY COVER), CHRYSOTHAMNUS NAUSEOSUS (10%), 

 AGROPYRON DASYSTACHYUM (20%) , ORYZOPSIS HYMENOIDES (3%) , AND PHACELIA 

 HASTATA (1%). 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 (90%) , TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (0%) . 



Land owner/manager: 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments : 



MTNHP PLOT # 91RD038. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R. L. DEVELICE. CRYPTANTHA 

 FENDLERI AND ERIOGONUM OVALIFOLIUM VAR. CELSUM PRESENT ON SITE. 



Information source: 



DEVELICE, ROBERT. [COMMUNITY ECOLOGIST] . MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE 

 PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVE., HELENA, MT 59620. 



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