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Name: HETEROCODON RARIFLORUM 

 Common Name: WESTERN PEARL-FLOWER 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: NONE 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: NONE 



Element occurrence code: PDCAM08010 . 001 



Survey site name: DRY BENCH 

 County: Sanders 



USGS quadrangle: SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN 



Township-range: 028N 033W Section: 29, NW4 

 Township-range comments: Section: 30, NE4 



Survey date: 1989-06-20 Elevation: 3100 

 First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: 30-40% / SE 



Last observation: 1989-06-20 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



BULL RIVER VALLEY, CA. 3.2 5 MILES SOUTH OF BULL LAKE, CA. 

 0.7 5 MILES WEST OF ST. HWY . 56; SLOPE BELOW DRY BENCH, NORTH 

 OF DRY CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



SPECIES IS AN ANNUAL, OCCURRING IN SMALL COLONIES; FULL 

 EXTENT OF POPULATION CURRENTLY UNKNOWN; SOME WEED INVASION. 



General site description: 



MOSSY LEDGES AND OPEN SOIL AREAS, ON STEEP, SOUTHEAST-FACING 

 SLOPE; WITH MADIA MINIMA, MADIA EXIGUA, CLARKIA PULCHELLA, 

 AND SELAGINELLA WALLACEI. * 



Land owner/manager: 



KOOTENAI NATIONAL FOREST, CABINET RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER - SHELLY, J.S. (1534A) AND L.A. SCHASSBERGER, 1989, 

 (MONTU) . 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS IN THE BULL RIVER VALLEY, 

 19-23 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Kootenai National Forest 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



