January 4, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



^Scientific Name: ARABIS FECUNDA 

 ^bommon Name: SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . Oil 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: CANYON CREEK 



EO rank: A 

 EO rank comments: EXCELLENT SITE, LARGE POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CATTLE GULCH 

 VIPOND PARK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



002S OlOW 08 N2; 5 S2; 6 SE4 ; 7 NE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1988-06-13 Elevation: 7000 - 



First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 3-35%+ / S,SW,SE 



Last observation: 1989-06-16 Size (acres) : 200 



^ Location: 



PIONEER MOUNTAINS, CANYON CREEK AND VIPOND CREEK DRAINAGES, CA. 12 

 MILES WEST OF MELROSE, MT. ALONG CANYON CREEK ROAD (BEAVERHEAD N.F. 

 RD. #187); ON SLOPES ABOVE OLD KILNS, AND ABOVE VIPOND CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 10,000+ FLOWERING PLANTS IN 3 SUBPOPULATIONS ; FLOWERING AND 

 FRUITING OVER A LARGE AREA. 



General site description: 



ON ROCKY CALC-SILICATE SLOPES, BENEATH PINUS FLEXILIS AND PSEUDOTSUGA 

 MENZIESII, WITH ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, A. FRIGIDA, ERIGERON COMPOSITUS, 

 CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, PINUS CONTORTA AND 

 POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



SEE GMF FOR BASE MAP SHOWING SUBPOPULATIONS. MONITORING TRANSECTS 

 ESTABLISHED 89-06-16 BY LESICA AND SHELLY. 



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

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



9 (ARABIS FECUNDA) . ] 



Specimens: SCHASSBERGER, L. A. (211). 1988. MONTU. 



