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ARABIS FECUNDA 

 SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290. 005 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 State rank: S2 



Survey site name: QUARTZ HILL 

 County: Beaverhead 



USGS quadrangle: VIPOND PARK 



Township-range: OOlSOllW Section: 36 

 Township-range comments: CENTER 



Survey date: 1989-06-06 Elevation: 7960 

 First observation: 1986 Slope/aspect: 8-35%/ SW 



Last observation: 1989-06-06 Size (acres) : 5 



Location: 



PIONEER MOUNTAINS, ECHO GULCH, SOUTHWEST BASE OF QUARTZ 

 HILL, CA.5 AIR MILES SSW OF DEWEY, MT. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 375-500 PLANTS, MOST STERILE IN 1989; SOME LIGHT GRAZING 

 IN PAST, MINING IN NEARBY AREAS. 



General site description: 



ON OPEN, GRAVELLY CALCAREOUS SLOPE, IN PINUS CONTORTA ZONE, 

 WITH DRABA OLIGOSPERMA, TOWNSENDIA PARRYI, ERIGERON 

 COMPOSITUS, AND IVESIA GORDONII. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Information source: 



SHELLY, J.S. 1989. FIELD SURVEYS IN BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, 5-9 

 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Arabis fecunda 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



