Scientific Name: ARTEMISIA ARBUSCULA/AGROPYRON SPICATUM PA 

 Common Name: LOW SAGE/BLUEBUNCH WHEATGRASS ASSOCIATION 



Global rank: G4G5 

 State rank: S3S4 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: C5B2BBABA0. 001 



Survey site name: BIG SHEEP CREEK SLIDE - SOUTHWEST 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: PRISTINE SITE 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CABOOSE CANYON 



Township: 015S Range: OlOW Section: 10 

 Township-range comments: NW4NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991-07-10 



1991 



1991-07-10 



Elevation: 7080 

 Slope/aspect: 55% / WSW 

 Size (acres) : 10 



Location: 



FROM DELL, PROCEED SOUTH ALONG INTERSTATE 15 FRONTAGE ROAD FOLLOWING 

 THE BIG SHEEP CREEK SIGNS. CONTINUE 1.7 MILES TO A T INTERSECTION AND 

 TAKE THE FORK LEADING SOUTHWEST. PROCEED 8 MILES TO A Y INTERSECTION 

 AND TAKE THE ROAD LEADING SOUTH. PORCEED 7. MILES AND PARK. PLOT IS 

 CA. 0.55 MILE WNW. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 16 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: ARTEMISIA 

 ARBUSCULA (40% CANOPY COVER), ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA (10%), CHRYSOTHAMNUS 

 NAUSEOSUS (3%), AGROPYRON SPICATUM (40%), AND ARENARIA KINGII (1%). 

 COMPLETE LIST ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



MASS WASTED SLOPE; PLOT POSITION IS MID-SLOPE. LIMESTONE PARENT 

 MATERIAL AND TYPIC USTORTHENT SOIL SUBGROUP. GROUND COVER: BARE SOIL 

 (20%) , TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (40%) . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD029. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R, 

 KINGII PRESENT ON SITE. 



L. DEVELICE. ARENARIA 



Information source: 



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

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



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