MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS LEPTALEUS 

 Common Name: PARK MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: WATCH 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F4R0. 006 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: ELK CREEK ALKALINE MEADOW 



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County : BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ELK SPRINGS 



Township: Range: 

 013S OOIW 



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Location: 



CENTENNIAL VALLEY, RED ROCK LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, 0.2 MILE 

 WEST OF ROAD TO ELK LAKE, CA. 0.5 MILE NORTH OF ELK CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



UNKNOWN; SITE IS SMALL (2-5 ACRES) ; SOME EVIDENCE OF LIVE- STOCK 

 GRAZING; AREA BURNED RECENTLY, POTENTILLA IS RESPROUT- ING. 



General site description: 



HUMMOCKY, MOIST ALKALINE MEADOW, DOMINATED BY POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, 

 JUNCUS BALTICUS, PHLOX KELSEYI. 



Land owner/manager: 



RED ROCK LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 



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Information source: LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



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