February G, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: LESQUERELLA PULCHELLA 

 Common Name: BEAUTIFUL BLADDERPOD 



Global rank: G2 

 State rank: S2 



Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA1N2 50 . 003 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: BANNACK 



EG rank: A 

 EG rank comments: 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: BANNACK 



Township : Range : 

 008S OllW 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



TRS comments: 



SW4NW4, NW4SE4; 4 NWiSVA; 6 NE4SE4 



Elevation: 6200 - 7000 

 Slope/aspect: 15-25% / WSW, SW, W 

 Size (acres) : 5 



Location : 



DIRECTLY NORTHEAST ABOVE BANNACK TOWNS ITE, 

 HANGMAN'S GULCH. 



ON RIDGE COMPLEX EAST OF 



Element occurrence data: 



1995: OCCURRENCE EXPANDED ON ADJOINING RIDGE. ABSENT OR UNCOMMON ON 

 HARSH EXPOSED SETTINGS, RESTRICTED AND LOCALLY COMMON ON PART OF SIDE 

 RIDGE SET BACK FROM GRASSHOPPER CREEK VALLEY. WAIF INDIVIDUALS OCCUR 

 IN OPEN STREAM COURSE SPOTS. 1994: 1000+ PLANTS, 80% IN FRUIT, 20% 

 VEGETATIVE. IN THE DROUGHT YEAR OF 1992, ONLY 9 PLANTS COULD BE FOUND, 

 ALL IN LATE FRUIT 1992-06-25. 



General site description: 



LONG, STEEP, OPEN PRAIRIE SLOPE BELOW RIDGETOP, SHALLOW GRAVELLY CLAY 

 SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS COMMUNITY. IN 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM-ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA ASSOCIATION, WITH LINUM 

 LEWISII, HAPLOPAPPUS ACAULIS, ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, ALLIUM TEXTILE, CAREX 

 ROSSII, MIMULUS SUKSDORFII, ARENARIA KINGII, LOMATIUM ATTENUATUM. 

 INCLUDES AREAS OF FROST HEAVE BUT NOT WITH BURROWING ACTIVITY. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



OBSERVED IN 1995 BY B. HEIDEL. 



Information source: 



HEIDEL, BONNIE. [BOTANIST] MONTANA NATURAL 

 HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVENUE, P.O. BOX 

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: 406/444-3 009. 



Specimens: HEIDEL, B. (706). 1992. 

 VANDERHORST, J. (5186). 



!REED ROLLINS. 

 1994. MONT. 



