February 6, 1996 



MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



25 



Scientific Name: LESQUERELLA PULCHELLA 

 Common Name: BEAUTIFUL BLADDERPOD 



Global rank: G2 

 State rank: S2 



Forest Service status: 

 Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code; 

 Element occurrence type; 



PDBRA1N2 50.010 



Survey site name 



EO rank 



EG rank comments 



ERMONT GULCH 



C 



LIMITED POPULATION AMD HABITAT SIZE. 



County: BEAVERHEAD 



USGS quadrangle: ERMONT 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 



OOSS 



OllW 



34 



SE4SE4; 35 SE4SW4 



Precision 



Survey date 



^irst observation 



Last observation 



1995-06-14 Elevation: 6500 - 6800 

 1995-06-14 Slope/aspect: 5-20% / NNW 

 1995-06-14 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



CA. 14 MILES WNW OF DILLON. FROM DILLON, TAKE HWY 91 CA. 3.5 MILES 

 SOUTH TO BADGER PASS EXIT. GO CA. 6.5 MILES WEST TO ERMONT GULCH ROAD. 

 TAKE THIS ROAD CA . 7 MILES NORTHWEST. PRIMARY POPULATION IS SOUTH OF 

 I ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



OVER 100 PLANTS IN UPPER AND LOWERSLOPE POSITIONS, WITH ACCIDENTAL 

 SUBPOPULATION OF FEWER THAN 3 PLANTS ON ABANDONED ROAD. IN FLOWER 14 

 JUNE 1995. 



General site description: 



UPPER AND LOWERSLOPE POSITIONS OF SMALL NNW- FACING LIMESTONE OUTCROP 

 ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE IGNEOUS RIDGE. DOMINATED BY ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA 

 AND FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS, ASSOCIATED WITH DOUGLASIA MONTANA, HAPLOPAPPUS 

 ACAULIS, ERIGERON COMPOSITUS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BLM: BUTTE DISTRICT, 



DILLON RESOURCE AREA 



Comments : 



SITE CURRENTLY PASTURED; 

 POSITION. 



POSSIBLE TRAMPLING IMPACT AT LOWERSLOPE 



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 : 



