DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Erythronium grandiflorum | Glacier Lily 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Glacier lily is distributed from southern British Columbia and Alberta
south to California and Colorado, excluding Nevada [29].  Erythronium
grandiflorum distribution by taxa is as follows:

E. g. var. grandiflorum - occurs throughout the range of the species.
E. g. ssp. chrysandrum - southern part of the species' range in Colorado,
                Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho [14]
E. g. var. nudipetalum - regional endemic in central Idaho [14]
E. v. var. candidum - northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and
                northwestern Montana

In Glacier National Park, Erythronium g. var. candidum (white glacier
lily) is found along Inside Road from Quartz Creek to Camas Creek [2].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES26  Lodgepole pine
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES36  Mountain grasslands
   FRES37  Mountain meadows


STATES : 
     CA  CO  ID  MT  OR  UT  WA  WY  AB  BC


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     GLAC  GRTE  NOCA  OLYM  ROMO  TICA
     YELL


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    4  Sierra Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K002  Cedar - hemlock - Douglas-fir forest
   K008  Lodgepole pine - subalpine forest
   K011  Western ponderosa forest
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K037  Mountain mahogany - oak scrub
   K050  Fescue - wheatgrass
   K055  Sagebrush steppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   206  Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir
   213  Grand Fir
   217  Aspen
   218  Lodgepole pine
   230  Douglas-fir - western hemlock
   237  Interior ponderosa pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Glacier lily grows on moist slopes and in shaded areas from sagebrush
slopes to montane forests [14,16].  It has not been listed as a
community dominant or indicator, but it has been listed as a principal
species in a Festuca community in northern Washington and Idaho [28].

Related categories for Species: Erythronium grandiflorum | Glacier Lily