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. 002 



Survey site name: BULL RIVER CLIFFS 

 County: Sanders 



uses quadrangle: SMEADS BENCH 



Township-range: 027N 033W Section: 24, NE4 

 Township-range comments: Section: 13, SE4 



Survey date: 1989-06-21 Elevation: 2750 

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



Last observation: 1989-06-21 Size (acres) : 10 



Location: 



BULL RIVER DRAINAGE, NORTHWEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 56, 5.2 

 MILES NORTHEAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 00. 



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 TO MODERATE 

 SOUTHEAST-FACING SLOPE; WITH MADIA MINIMA, CLARKIA 

 PULCHELLA, MIMULUS FLORIBUNDUS, AND MYOSOTIS MICRANTHA. 



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Land owner/manager: 



KOOTENAI NATIONAL FOREST, CABINET RANGER DISTRICT 



Comments: 



VOUCHER - SHELLY, J.S. (1538) 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 



