DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Bull thistle is found throughout the United States, north into Canada
from Newfoundland to British Columbia, and into Mexico.  It is widely
distributed in Europe and Asia Minor, where it is native.  It also
occurs through much of the rest of the world, including western Asia,
South America, New Zealand, and Australia [13,18,23,28].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   Bull thistle occurs in most ecosystems


STATES : 
     AL  AK  AZ  AR  CA  CO  CT  DE  FL  GA
     HI  ID  IL  IN  IA  KS  KY  LA  ME  MD
     MA  MI  MN  MS  MO  MT  NE  NV  NH  NJ
     NM  NY  NC  ND  OH  OK  OR  PA  RI  SC
     SD  TN  TX  UT  VT  VA  WA  WV  WI  WY
     AB  BC  MB  NB  NF  NT  NS  ON  PE  PQ
     SK  YT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  ALPO  AMIS  APIS  ASIS  BADL
     BIHO  BICA  BLCA  BLRI  CACH  CANY
     CARE  CATO  CHCH  COLO  COLM  CODA
     CRMO  CUVA  DEWA  DETO  DINO  FIIS
     GATE  GWCA  GWMP  GLAC  GRCA  GRTE
     GRSM  HALE  HAVO  INDU  ISRO  JODA
     JOFL  LAVO  LABE  MEVE  MORA  NERI
     NOCA  OLYM  PIRO  PIPE  PORE  REDW
     RICH  ROCR  ROMO  SAJH  SAMO  SHEN
     SLBE  TICA  VAFO  VOYA  WACA  WHIS
     WICA  YELL  YOSE


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
   15  Black Hills Uplift
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   Bull thistle occurs in most Kuchler Plant Associations


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   Bull thistle occurs in most SAF Cover Types


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle