January 4, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ARABIS FECUNDA 

 ^Common Name: SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . 008 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: UPPER QUARTZ HILL GULCH 



EO rank: AB 

 EO rank comments: PAST MINING DISTURBANCES; SMALL POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: VIPOND PARK 

 CATTLE GULCH 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



OOIS Glow 19 SE4; 20 SW4 ; 29 NW4 ; 30 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1988-06-07 Elevation: 7500 - 



First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1988-06-07 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



CA. 3.7 5 MILES SOUTH OF DEWEY, MT . ON QUARTZ HILL GULCH ROAD, CA . 0.2 

 MILE SW OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 75-100 PLANTS, FLOWERING AND FRUITING. SCATTERED PLANTS, USUALLY 

 ON EXPOSED OUTCROPS. 



General site description: 



CALC-SILICATE ROCKY OUTCROPS AND HILLSIDES; BENEATH PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII, WITH CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS AND DRABA NIVALIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



MONTU. SEE GMF FOR BASE MAP SHOWING POPULATION. 



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. 



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