MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRT^ 

 Element Occurrence Record 



<!7ientific Name: ARABIS FECUNDA 

 Common Name: SAPPHIRE ROCKCRESS 



Global rank: G2 Forest Service status: SENSITIVE 

 State rank: S2 Federal Status: C2 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA06290 . 014 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: FISH CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: SILVER BOW 



USGS quadrangle: PIPESTONE PASS 



Township/Range Section: TRS Note: 

 001N007W 28 S2SVJ4 



Survey date: 1992-06-29 Elevation: 7080 - 7560 

 First observation: 1992-06-29 Slope/aspect: 60% / SOUTHEAST 

 Last observation: 1992-06-29 Size (acres) : 15 



Location: i 



Hi HIGHLAND MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF BUTTE; FROM CAI-IP CREEK ROAD ( FS RD 8 520) [ 



TAKE ROAD TO FISH CREEK. ONCE ON THE FISH CREEK ROAD, PROCEED WEST | 



UNTIL ROAD CROSSES TO SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK. PROCEED ANOTHER 0.3 MILES. I 



SITE IS ON NORTH SIDE OF CREEK. . ^• 



Element occurrence data: 



2,000 TO 5,000 INDIVIDUALS, FRUITING, EVIDENCE OF SEED DISPERSAL. 



General site description: 



OPEN EXPOSURE ON STRAIGHT MIDSLOPE. DRY AREA, SANDY SOIL, CALCAREOUS 

 METASEDIMENT. ASSOCIATED DOMINANT SPECIES: ARTEMISIA FRIGIDA, 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED PLANT SPECIES: SENECIO 

 CANUS, ERIGERON COMPOSITUS, CAMPANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA . 



iLand owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON PJlNGER DISTRICT 



iComments : 



EVIDENCE OF LIVESTOCK/WILDLIFE TRAILS, OLD MINING CLAIMS. ECODATA PLOT 

 #92PL108. 



'Information source: 



LESICA, P. DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, UNIV. OF MONTANA, 

 MISSOULA, MT 59812. 



'^^ipcimens: 



LESICA, P. (5740). 1992. MONTU. 



