MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



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r-ocientific 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 S2SW4 



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

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

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



Location: 



Element occurrence data: 



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



otneral site description: 



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

 METASEDIMENT. ASSOCIATED DOMINANT SPECIES: ARTEMISIA FRIGI DA 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM. ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATED PLA^T SPECIES SENECIO 

 CANUS, ERIGERON COMPOSITUS, CAl^PANULA ROTUNDIFOLIA. ^ENECIO 



L-and owner/manager: 



DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST, JEFFERSON RANGER DISTRICT 



-omments : 



; #92Pm08.°'^ LIVESTOCK/WILDLIFE TRAILS, OLD MINING CLAIMS. ECODATA PLOT 



nformation source: 



mllovi/rHT^llllT. °' ''^""^^'^^'^ SCIENCES, UHIV. OF MONTANA, 



^cimens: 



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



