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 . 013 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: CATTLE GULCH 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments: SMALL, SPARSE POPULATION, BUT HABITAT IN EXCELLENT 

 CONDITION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: CATTLE GULCH 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



002S OlOW 01 NW4, NE4SW4 ; 2 NE4 



OOIS OlOW 36 SW4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1989-06-07 Elevation: 6200 



First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: 15-35% / S,SW 



Last observation: 1989-06-07 Size (acres) : 160 



Location: 



PIONEER MOUNTAINS, CATTLE GULCH, 1.0-1.65 AIR MILES NORTHWEST OF 

 CONFLUENCE OF CATTLE GULCH AND CANYON CREEK, CA. 7 AIR MILES NORTHWEST 

 OF MELROSE, MT . 



Element occurrence data: 



127 PLANTS COUNTED (84 FLOWERING, 43 STERILE); FOUR SUBPOPULATIONS ; 

 SLOPES LARGELY UNDISTURBED, ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN SOME PAST GRAZING 

 IN THE BOTTOM OF CATTLE GULCH. 



General site description: 



IN DRY, GRAVELLY CALCAREOUS SOILS ON STEEP SLOPES; CERCOCARPUS 

 LEDIFOLIUS/AGROPYRON SPICATUM TYPE, WITH ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, PHYSARIA 

 GEYERI, LINUM PERENNE, SENECIO CANUS , GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE, 

 CYMOPTERUS BIPINNATUS, OPUNTIA POLYACANTHA. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



SITE SURVEYED WITH DR. FRANK SCHITOSKEY, USFWS. 



Information source: SHELLY, J. S. 1989. [FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD 

 COUNTY, 5-9 JUNE (ARABIS FECUNDA, CLAYTONIA 

 LANCEOLATA VAR. FLAVA) . ] 



Specimens: SHELLY, J. S. (1512). 1989. MONTU. 



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