January 4, 1994 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: ARABIS FECUNDA 

 ^pommon Name: SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . 015 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: LIMEKILN HILL 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: PIPESTONE PASS 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



NW4, NW4SW4; 28 E2SE4NE4 



Elevation: 7320 - 7760 

 Slope/aspect: 75% / SOUTHEAST 

 Size (acres) : 25 



Location: 



HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE. FROM FISH CREEK ROAD (FS RD 668) , 

 TAKE ROAD TO LIMEKILN HILL (FS RD 8492). PROCEED 0.6 MILE; SITE IS ON 

 RIDGE TO THE WEST. 



Element occurrence data: 



5,000-10,000 INDIVIDUALS, FRUITING. EVIDENCE OF SEED DISPERSAL. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON UNDULATING UPPER RESIDUAL MOUNTAIN SLOPE; DRY AREA, 

 SILTY SOIL, CALCAREOUS METASEDIMENT PARENT MATERIAL. ASSOCIATED 

 DOMINANT SPECIES: PINUS FLEXILIS, AGROPYRON SPICATUM, HAPLOPAPPUS 

 ACAULIS. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED SPECIES: POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, 

 PENSTEMON ARIDUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



DATA GIVEN ARE FOR EAST PORTION OF THE SITE. ECODATA PLOT #92PL110. 



Information source: LESICA, PETER. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 

 UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



Specimens: 



48 



