MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ASTRAGALUS TERMINALIS 

 Common Name: RAILHEAD MILKVETCH 



Global rank: G3G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDFAB0F8U0. 001 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SHEEP MOUNTAIN 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: UPPER RED ROCK LAKE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 014S OOIW 33 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1983-07-12 Elevation: 9560 - 



First observation: 1983 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1983-07-12 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



SHEEP MTN. , CENTENNIAL RANGE; FROM MONIDA, TAKE ROAD TO RED ROCK LAKES 

 REFUGE HEADQUARTERS, THEN 3 MI. FURTHER; CLIMB TO SITE. 



Element occurrence data: 



SPECIES IS COMMON; SITE IS NOT VERY DISTURBED, ALTHOUGH IT IS GRAZED 

 BY SHEEP; UNUSUAL HIGH ELEVATION FORM. 



General site description: 



WIND-SWEPT RIDGE CREST; CUSHION PLANTS DOMINATE, WITH LOMATIUM COUS , 

 ASTRAGALUS KENTROPHYTA. 



Land owner /manager : 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS PRIMITIVE AREA 



Comments: 



BUTTE BLM DISTRICT OFFICE. 



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



UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



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