January 4, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



^Pscientific Name: ARABIS FECUNDA 

 Common Name: SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . 007 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: .JERRY CREEK 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: LARGE POPULATION BUT HEAVY GRAZING. 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: WISE RIVER " - 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 OOIN OlOW 31 SW4 

 OOIN OllW 36 SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1988-06-07 Elevation: 5700 - 



First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



J^ Last observation: 1988-06-07 Size (acres) : 30 



Location: 



CA. 1.5 MILES EAST OF WISE RIVER, MT, ON HIGHWAY 43, NE ON JERRY CREEK 

 ROAD 0.3 MILE; HILLSIDES AND OUTCROPS EAST OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 5,050 PLANTS IN 2 SUBPOPULATIONS , FLOWERING AND FRUIT- ING; 

 THREATENED BY OVERGRAZING. 



General site description: 



CALC-SILICATE OUTCROPS & HILLSIDES IN OPEN SOILS, BENEATH JUNIPERUS 

 SCOPULORUM AND PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, WITH CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS AND 

 ERIGERON COMPOSITUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, HEADWATERS RESOURCE AREA 

 STATE LAND - UNDESIGNATED 



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. (207). 1988. MONTU. 



