January 4, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ARABIS FECUNDA 

 Icommon Name: SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . 009 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: SPRING GULCH II 



EO rank: AB 

 EG rank comments: SMALLER POPULATION, NATURALLY PROTECTED. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: WISE RIVER 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 OOIS OllW 01 SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1988-06-07 Elevation: 5600 



First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1988-06-07 Size (acres) : 10 



Location: 



CA. 2.2 MILES EAST OF WISE RIVER, MT, ON HIGHWAY 43. AT BEND, 0.20 

 MILE SOUTH OF ROAD ATOP STEEP CLIFFS. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 100-200 PLANTS, FRUITING; SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED. 



General site description: 



ON CALC-SILICATE ROCKY OUTCROPS BENEATH JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM AND 

 PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, WITH CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



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. 



