DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Centaurea solstitialis | Yellow Starthistle 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Yellow starthistle, native to southern Europe, was introduced into
western North America in the mid-1800's, possibly as a contaminant in
alfalfa (Medicago sativa) seed [39].  Yellow starthistle is naturalized
across southern Canada and most of the United States with the possible
exception of the southeastern states [12,13,23,25].  High densities are
concentrated in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho [33].  Yellow
starthistle is adventitious in Hawaii [45].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES13  Loblolly-shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak-pine
   FRES15  Oak-hickory
   FRES18  Maple-beech-birch
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES34  Chaparral-mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon-juniper
   FRES36  Mountain grasslands
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES39  Prairie
   FRES40  Desert grasslands
   FRES42  Annual grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  AR  CA  CO  CT  DE  HI  ID  IL  IN
     IA  KS  KY  ME  MD  MA  MI  MN  MO  MT
     NE  NV  NH  NJ  NM  NY  NC  ND  OH  OK
     OR  PA  RI  SD  TN  TX  UT  VT  VA  WA
     WV  WI  WY  AB  BC  MB  ON  SK  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CABR  CHIS  DEVA  LABE  PINN  SAMO
     WHSH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    4  Sierra 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
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   210  Interior Douglas-fir
   233  Oregon white oak
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   255  California coast live oak
   243  Sierra Nevada mixed conifer
   244  Pacific ponderosa pine-Douglas-fir
   245  Pacific ponderosa pine
   246  California black oak
   249  Canyon live oak
   250  Blue oak-foothills pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
   101  Bluebunch wheatgrass
   102  Idaho fescue
   104  Antelope bitterbrush-bluebunch wheatgrass
   109  Ponderosa pine shrubland
   110  Ponderosa pine-grassland
   201  Blue oak woodland
   202  Coast live oak woodland
   203  Riparian woodland
   214  Coastal prairie
   215  Valley grassland
   304  Idaho fescue-bluebunch wheatgrass
   318  Bitterbrush-Idaho fescue


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Yellow starthistle occurs in grasslands, pastures, disturbed sites, and
open woodlands [39].  It commonly occurs with other exotic annuals.
Yellow starthistle is present in the California annual grasslands which
are dominated by nonnative grasses in the genera of oat (Avena spp.),
brome (Bromus spp.), and barley (Hordeum) [17].  Yellow starthistle is
codominant with cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) on rangeland in
southeastern Washington [21].

Related categories for Species: Centaurea solstitialis | Yellow Starthistle