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ARABIS FECUNDA 

 SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . 008 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 State rank: S2 



Survey site name: UPPER QUARTZ HILL GULCH 

 County: Beaverhead 



USGS quadrangle: VIPOND PARK 

 CATTLE GULCH 



Township-range: OOISOIOW Section: 19 SE4 



Township-range comments: Sec 20 SW4 ; Sec 29 NW4 ; Sec 30 NE4 . 



Survey date: 1988-06-07 Elevation: 7500 

 First observation: 1988 Slope/aspect: 



Last observation: 1988-06-07 Size (acres) : 40 



Location: 



CA. 3.75 MILES SOUTH OF DEWEY, MT, ALONG QUARTZ HILL GULCH 

 ROAD, CA. 0.2 MILE SW OF ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 75-100 PLANTS, FLOWERING AND FRUITING. SCATTERED PLANTS, 

 USUALLY ON EXPOSED OUTCROPS. 



General site description: 



ON CALC-SILICATE ROCKY OUTCROPS AND HILLSIDES; BENEATH 

 PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, WITH CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS AND DRABA 

 NIVALIS. 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1988. FIELD SURVEY OF SOUTHWESTERN 

 MONTANA, 1-2, 6-7 AND 13-15 JUNE. 



E lenient Occurrence Record - Arabis fecunda 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



