DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Ferocactus wislizenii | Barrel Cactus 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Barrel cactus is distributed in southeastern Arizona from Maricopa and
Pima to Greenlee and Cochise counties, east to southern New Mexico from
Hidalgo County to southwestern Lincoln County, and in El Paso County,
Texas.  Barrel cactus is also found in Mexico to Sinaloa and Chihuahua
[1,17,36,38].  It is cultivated in Hawaii [40].
 


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  HI  NM  TX  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BIBE  FOBO  ORPI  SAGU


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K027  Mesquite bosque
   K031  Oak - juniper woodlands
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K041  Creosotebush
   K042  Creosotebush - bursage
   K043  Paloverde - cactus shrub
   K044  Creosotebush - tarbush
   K046  Desert: vegetation largely lacking
   K053  Grama - galleta steppe
   K054  Grama - tobosa prairie
   K058  Grama - tobosa shrubsteppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    68  Mesquite
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   241  Western live oak
   242  Mesquite


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Barrel cactus is primarily found in desert grassland and desert shrub
habitats in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts [1,5,14,27].  It also
extends into communities at higher elevations in interior chaparral and
is found in the Madrean evergreen woodland in encinal woodlands with a
mixture of evergreen oaks (Quercus spp.) and junipers (Juniperus spp.)
[5,14].  Barrel cactus is not listed as a dominant or codominant species
in available publications.

Some species generally associated with barrel cactus include prickly
pear or cholla (Opuntia spp.), acacia (Acacia spp.), ocotillo (Fouqueria
splendens), yucca (Yucca spp.), saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea), grama
(Bouteloua spp.), and threeawn (Aristida spp.) [3,4,18,21].

Related categories for Species: Ferocactus wislizenii | Barrel Cactus