February 6, 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: 

 Federal Status: 



SENSITIVE 



Element occurrence code: 

 Element occurrence type; 



PDBRA1N2 50.006 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



BADGER PASS 



A 



LARGE POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: BANNACK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



007S OllW 27 NW4SE4, SW4NE4 ; 28 N2NE4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



1992-08-05 Elevation: 6660 - 7200 



1992-08-05 Slope/aspect: 5-25% / SOUTH, SE, WNW 



1995-06-14 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



FROM HWy 2 78 AT BADGER PASS, TAKE UNPAVED MICROWAVE TOWER ROAD TO 

 UNDEVELOPED ROAD SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST CA. 3 MILES. TOTAL POPULATIONS 

 ARE LOCATED CA . 0.25 MILE TO THE SOUTHEAST, AND CA. 0.5 MILE TO THE 

 NORTHWEST. 



Element occurrence data: 



1995: OVER 5000 PLANTS IN A FAVORABLE YEAR AND WITH EXPANSION OF 

 OCCURRENCE BOUNDARIES OF THE LARGE SUBPOPULATION . IN FLOWER AND EARLY 

 FRUIT 14 JUNE 1995. LOCALLY OCCASIONAL TO COMMON IN LIMITED AREAS. 

 ■■992: 500-1000 PLANTS; BUDDED AND ENTERING FLOWERING. 



General site description: 



TWO DISCRETE SETTINGS, WITH THE LARGE SU-BPOPULATION AT SOUTH POINT 

 OUTCROP OF PARTIALLY FORESTED RIDGE, ASSOCIATED WITH CERCOCARPUS 

 LEDIFOLIUS, HYMENOXYS ACAULIS, ERIGERON TWEEDYI AND AGROPYRON 

 SPICATUM. ALSO OCCURRING ON WEST- FACING UPPER SLOPE OF SAME RIDGE WITH 

 FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, ARENARIA KINGII, DRABA OLIGOSANTHES . SMALLER 

 SUBPOPULATION IS ON OPEN MIDSLOPE OUTCROP IN BARRENS ZONE MAINLY ABOVE 

 CERCOCARPUS, WITH HYMENOXYS ACAULIS, GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE AND 

 ERIGERON TWEEDYI . 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



NEW DEPARTURE MINE ELSEWHERE ON THE RIDGE SIGNIFIES POTENTIAL THREAT. 

 THE IRON MASK MINE TO THE SOUTH IS AFFECTING SIMILAR HABITAT. 



Information source: 



HEIDEL, BONNIE. [BOTANIST] MONTANA NATURAL 

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

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: 406/444-3009. 



Specimens : 



HEIDEL, 

 HEIDEL, 



(938) . 

 (1342) 



1992. !REED ROLLINS. 

 1995. 



