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ARABIS FECUNDA 

 SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . Oil 



Forest Service status: 



Global rank: 

 State rank: 



G2 

 S2 



WATCH LIST 



Survey site name: CANYON CREEK 

 County: Beaverhead 



USGS quadrangle: CATTLE GULCH 

 VI POND PARK 



Township-range: 002S010W Section: 08 N2 

 Township-range comments: Sec 5 S2, Sec 6 SE4 , Sec 7 NE4 



Survey date: 1988-06-13 

 First observation: 1988 

 Last observation: 1989-06-16 



Elevation: 7000 

 Slope/aspect: 3-35%+/ S,SW,SE 

 Size (acres) : 200 



Location: 



PIONEER MOUNTAINS, CANYON CREEK AND VIPOND CREEK DRAINAGES, 

 CA. 12 MILES WEST OF MELROSE, MT, ALONG CANYON CREEK ROAD 

 (BEAVERHEAD N.F. RD. #187); ON SLOPES ABOVE OLD KILNS, AND 

 ABOVE VIPOND CREEK. 



Element occurrence data: 



CA. 10,000+ FLOWERING PLANTS IN 3 SUBPOPULATIONS ; FLOWERING 

 AND FRUITING OVER A LARGE AREA. 



General site description: 



ON ROCKY CALC-SILICATE SLOPES, BENEATH PINUS FLEXILIS AND 

 PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII, WITH ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA, A. 

 FRIGIDA, ERIGERON COMPOSITUS, CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS, 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM, PINUS CONTORTA AND POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA, 



Land owner/manager: 



BEAVERHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, WISE RIVER RANGER DISTRICT 



Information source: 



SCHASSBERGER, L.A. 1988 FIELD SURVEY, SOUTHWEST MONTANA, 

 1-3, 6-7 AND 13-15 JUNE. 



Element Occurrence Record - Arabis fecunda 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



