Scientific Name: ARTEMISIA TRIPARTITA/FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS PA 

 Common Name: THREETIP SAGEBRUSH/ IDAHO FESCUE ASSOCIATION 



Global rank: G5 

 State rank: S3 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: C5B2BHABA0 . 005 



Survey site name: SHOWSHOE CREEK 



EO rank: EC 

 EO rank comments: SITE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN DEGRADED BY 



CATTLE GRAZING. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: LOWER RED ROCK LAKE 



Township: 013S Range: OOIW Section: 18 

 Township-range comments: NE4NW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 



First observation: 



Last observation: 



1991-07-24 



1991 



1991-07-24 



Elevation: 6970 

 Slope/aspect: 7% / SOUTHEAST 

 Size (acres) : 40 



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 CA. 21 MILES TO A JEEP 

 ROAD LEADING NORTH. PARK. HIKE NNW 1.8 MILES TO THE PLOT. 



Element occurrence data: 



WITHIN PLOT, 22 SPECIES OBSERVED. DOMINANTS INCLUDE: ARTEMISIA 

 TRIPARTITA (10% CANOPY COVER), CHRYSOTHAMNUS VISCIDIFLORUS (20%), 



TETRADYMIA CANESCENS 

 (50%) . COMPLETE LIST 



(20%), FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS (30%), AND STIPA COMATA 

 ON FILE AT MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM. 



General site description: 



ROLLING UPLAND; PLOT POSITION IS WIDE RIDGE SUMMIT. RHYOLITE PARENT 

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

 (10%), TOTAL COARSE FRAGMENTS (TRACE). 



Land owner/manager: 



STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



Comments: 



MTNHP PLOT #91RD040, 



SURVEY CONDUCTED BY R. 



DEVELICE. 



Information source: 



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

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



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