DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Balsamorhiza hookeri | Hooker Balsamroot 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Hooker balsamroot is irregularly distributed from the east side of the
Cascades southward to California, Nevada, southern Utah, and extends
east to northwest Colorado and southwest Wyoming [4,12].  The species
does not occur in Oregon [12].  Distribution of Balsamorhiza hookeri by
variety in the Intermountain region is as follows [4,29]:

     B. h. var. hookeri     -- Klickitat County, eastern Washington; similar
                               plants in northeastern California and as far
                               east as northeastern Nevada   
     B. h. var. hispidula   -- Yakima County, Washington; Snake River plains
                               of Idaho; and southward into northeastern
                               Nevada, Utah, northwestern Colorado, and
                               possibly Wyoming
     B. h. var. idahoensis  -- west-central Idaho
     B. h. var. lagocephala -- eastern Washington, but not Klickitat County
     B. h. var. neglecta    -- south-central Idaho, southward into Nevada,
                               Utah, and possibly Wyoming       
 


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper


STATES : 
     CA  CO  ID  NV  UT  WA  WY


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     GRBA  YOSE


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    2  Cascade Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   12  Colorado Plateau


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K011  Western ponderosa forest
   K012  Douglas-fir forest
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K050  Fescue - wheatgrass
   K055  Sagebrush steppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   210  Interior Douglas-fir
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Hooker balsamroot occurs in bunchgrass, sagebrush, mountain brush, salt
desert shrub, pinyon-juniper, and ponderosa pine habitat types and plant
communities [26,29].  Stands of Hooker balsamroot are often sparse [27].
It is not listed as a climax indicator.

Common associates of Hooker balsamroot include big sagebrush (Artemisia
tridentata), low sagebrush (A. arbuscula), Utah juniper (Juniperus
osteosperma), Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis), bluebunch wheatgrass
(Pseudoroegneria spicata), Sandberg bluegrass (Poa secunda), bottlebrush
squirreltail (Elymus elymoides), longleaf phlox (Phlox longifolia), and
pussytoes (Antennaria spp.) [2,11,16,19].
 

Related categories for Species: Balsamorhiza hookeri | Hooker Balsamroot