MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: PHYSARIA BRASSICOIDES 

 Common Name : DOUBLE BLADDERPOD 



Global rank: G5 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: SI Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: PDBRA22040 . 002 

 Element occurrence type : 



Survey site name: HEGGEN CREEK 



EO rank: 

 EO rank comments: 



County: CARTER 



USGS quadrangle: TERRELL CREEK 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 001N 058E 2 NE4 



Precision: M 



Survey date: Elevation: 3720 - 3770 



First observation: 1994-06-11 Slope/aspect: 60% / SSE 



Last observation: 1994-07-02 Size (acres) : 1 



Location: 



CA. EKALAKA HILLS. CA. 3 AIR MILES SOUTHEAST OF EKALAKA. ALONG OPEECHE 

 ROAD, JUST EAST OF WHERE IT CROSSES HEGGEN CREEK, ON THE SOUTH FACE OF 

 AN OPEN RIDGE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. 



Element occurrence data: 



2 SUB POPULATIONS, 4 PLANTS, IN FRUIT (MANY DEHISCED BY JULY 2) . 



General site description: 



DRY, OPEN, MID- AND LOWERSLOPE RIDGESIDE IN DISSECTED MESA. SANDSTONE 

 PARENT MATERIAL, BROWN, GRAVELLY SAND SOIL. ASSOCIATED SPECIES: 

 AGROPYRON SPICATUM, ANDROPOGEN SCOPARIUS, RHUS TRILOBATA, PRUNUS 

 VIRGINIANA, AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA, CHAENACTIS DOUGLASII, COMANDRA 

 UMBELLATA, LESQUERELLA ALPINA, STEPHANOMERIA RUNCINATA, ALLIUM 

 TEXTILE, GAURA COCCINEA, PSORALEA ESCULENTA, SOLIDAGO MISSOURIENSIS . 



Land owne r /manager : 



CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, SIOUX RANGER DISTRICT 

 PRIVATELY OWNED LAND (INDIVIDUAL OR CORPORATE) 



Comments : 



OBSERVED BY K. DUEHOLM . MODERATE GRAZING NOTED. 



Information source: HEIDEL, BONNIE. [BOTANIST] MONTANA NATURAL 



HERITAGE PROGRAM, 1515 EAST SIXTH AVENUE, P.O. BOX 

 201800, HELENA, MT 59620-1800. WORK: 406/444-3009. 



Specimens: DUEHOLM, K. (12197). 1994. MONTU. 



