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 . 010 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: WISE RIVER 



EO rank: AB 

 EG rank comments: AREA IS GRAZED. 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: DEWEY 



WISE RIVER 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 OOIS OlOW 05 NW4NW4; 6 NE4NE4 

 COIN OlOW 32 SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1988-06-07 Elevation: 5600 



m First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1990-06-05 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



1.0 MILE WEST OF DEWEY, ON HIGHWAY 43; 0.3 3 MILE NORTH OF ROAD ON THE 

 NORTH SIDE OF WISE RIVER. 



Element occurrence data: 



1988: CA. 100+ PLANTS, FRUITING. 1990: DON HEINZE LOCATED SECOND 

 POPULATION TO THE NORTH UP THE RIDGE. 



General site description: 



ON CALC-SILICATE ROCKY OUTCROPS AND SOILS, BENEATH JUNIPERUS 

 SCOPULORUM AND PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, WITH CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS. 



Land owner /manager : 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, HEADWATERS RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



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, 



