January 4, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



^fecientific Name: ARABIS FECUNDA 

 Common Name: SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . 006 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: MOUTH OF QUARTZ HILL GULCH 



EO rank: AB 

 EO rank comments: EXCELLENT SITE, BUT CLOSE TO ROAD. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: DEWEY 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 OOIS OlOW 08 E2 ; 5 SE4 ; 17 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1988-06-06 Elevation: 5780 



First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1988-06-13 Size (acres) : 100 



" Location: 



TRAVEL 0.2 5 MILE WEST OF DEWEY, MT ON HIGHWAY 43, THEN SOUTH ON QUARTZ 

 HILL GULCH ROAD, EAST AND WEST OF THE ROAD FOR 1.5 MILES. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 7,300 PLANTS IN 8 SUBPOPULATIONS ; FRUITING. 



General site description: 



CALC-SILICATE ROCKY OUTCROPS AND HILLSIDES; BENEATH JUNIPERUS 

 SCOPULORUM AND PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, WITH CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS AND 

 DRABA NIVALIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments : 



Information source: SCHASSBERGER, L. A. 1988. [FIELD SURVEY IN 



SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA OF 1-3, 6-7 AND 13-15 JUNE 

 (ARABIS FECUNDA) . ] 



^ Specimens: SCHASSBERGER, L. A. (205). 1988. MONTU . 



