DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Cirsium neomexicanum | Lavender Thistle 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Lavender thistle is found in the desert areas of southern California,
Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico [6,8,14].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  CO  NM  UT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BAND  CHIR  COLM  CORO  DEVA  FOBO
     GLCA  GRCA  LAME  MEVE  ORPI  SAGU


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


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K024  Juniper steppe woodland
   K039  Blackbrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K041  Creosotebush
   K042  Creosotebush - bursage
   K044  Creosotebush - tarbush


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   238  Western juniper
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Lavender thistle is commonly found in creosotebush (Larrea tridentata)
scrub, blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) scrub, shadscale (Atriplex
confertifolia), sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), salt desert shrub, mountain
brush, Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) woodlands, and pinyon (Pinus
spp.)-juniper (Juniperus spp.) woodlands [12,16,19].  Lavender thistle
is not listed as a dominant or codominant in the available literature.

Related categories for Species: Cirsium neomexicanum | Lavender Thistle