February 6, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: LESQUERELLA PULCHELLA 

 Common Name: BEAUTIFUL BLADDERPOD 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA1N250 . 009 

 Element occurrence type: 



24 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EO rank comments 



ROCKY HILLS 



A 



LARGE, PRISTINE POPULATION. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 

 USGS quadrangle: GRANT 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 009S 012W 1 NE4 



Precision 



Survey date 



First observation 



Last observation 



S 



1994-06-29 Elevation: 7000 - 7320 



1994-06-29 Slope/aspect: 20-30% / SW 



1994-06-29 Size (acres) : 15 



Location: 



CA. 5 MILES NORTH OF GRANT ON GRAVEL ROAD CONNECTING HWY 91 TO BANNACK 

 STATE PARK; TURN EAST ON DIRT ROAD, PASS ROCKY WELL, FOLLOW ROUGH 

 4 -WHEEL DRIVE ROAD TO JUST BELOW RIDGETOP OF ROCKY HILLS. 



Element occurrence data: 



1000-10,000 PLANTS, 100% IN FRUIT. EVIDENCE OF FRUIT DISPERSAL. 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN RESIDUAL UPPERSLOPE . LIMESTONE PARENT MATERIAL, GRAVELLY 

 CLAY SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: PINUS FLEXILUS, ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, 

 CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, ELYMUS SPICATUS, PENSTEMON ARIDUS, CASTILLEJA 

 PALLESCENS, SENECIO CANUS , HAPLOPAPPUS ACAULIS. 



Land owne r /manage r : 



ELM: BUTTE DISTRICT, DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



PRIMITIVE ROAD TO POPULATION. 



Information source: VANDERHORST, J. [BOTANIST]. 1515 LAKE STREET, 

 OGDEN, UTAH 84401. 



Specimens: VANDERHORST, J. (5209). 1994. MONT. 



