ARABIS FECUNDA 

 SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . 013 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: WATCH LIST 

 State rank: S2 



Survey site name: CATTLE GULCH 

 County: Beaverhead 



USGS quadrangle: CATTLE GULCH 



Township-range: 002S010W Section: 01 NW4 , NE4SW4 

 Township-range comments: Sec 2 NE4 : TIS RlOW, Sec 35 SW4 



Survey date: 1989-06-07 Elevation: 6200 

 First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: 15-35%/S,SW 



Last observation: 1989-06-07 Size (acres) : 160 



Location: 



PIONEER MOUNTAINS, CATTLE GULCH, 1.0-1.65 AIR MILES 

 NORTHWEST OF CONFLUENCE OF CATTLE GULCH AND CANYON CREEK, 

 CA. 7 AIR MILES NORTHWEST OF MELROSE, MT. 



Element occurrence data: 



127 PLANTS COUNTED (84 FLOWERING, 43 STERILE) ; FOUR 

 SUBPOPULATIONS; SLOPES LARGELY UNDISTURBED, ALTHOUGH THERE 

 HAS BEEN SOME PAST GRAZING IN THE BOTTOM OF CATTLE GULCH. 



General site description: 



IN DRY, GRAVELLY CALCAREOUS SOILS ON STEEP SLOPES; 

 CERCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS/AGROPYRON SPICATUM TYPE, WITH 

 ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, PHYSARIA GEYERI, LINUM PERENNE, SENECIO 

 CANUS, GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE, CYMOPTERUS BIPINNATUS, AND OPUNTIA 

 POLYACANTHA . 



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 fccunda 

 Montana Natural Heritage Program 



