DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Halogeton glomeratus | Halogeton 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Halogeton is an introduced species from southeastern Russia and
northwestern China [49,55,98].  In the United States, halogeton is found
in the Rocky Mountain and Great Basin regions and in two disjunct
infestations in Nebraska [30,31,46,71,77,104].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     CA  CO  ID  MT  NE  NV  NM  OR  UT  WY


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ARCH  BICA  CARE  COLM  GLCA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    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
   14  Great Plains
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K055  Sagebrush steppe
   K056  Wheatgrass - needlegrass shrubsteppe
   K057  Galleta - three-awn shrubsteppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   238  Western juniper
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Halogeton is typical in disturbed sites in salt-desert shrubland and
surrounding big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) steppe types, and in
transition zones from shadscale (Atriplex confertifolia) to big
sagebrush [9,24,103].  Where halogeton is the dominant forb, shadscale
is the dominant shrub in the salt-desert shrubland; halogeton may also
occur in various associations with other shrubs, such as winterfat
(Ceratoides lanata), bud sagebrush (Artemisia spinescens), greasewood
(Sarcobatus baileyi), and spiney hopsage (Atriplex spinosa) [12,13,14].
Infrequently, halogeton is a dominant understory forb in western juniper
(Juniperus osteosperma) communities.  Halogeton occurs as a dominant or
codominant with other annuals, such as cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and
tansymustards (Descurainia pinnata and D. sofia).

Publications that list halogeton as a dominant forb in habitat types in
Nevada are:

Vegetation and soils of the Crane Springs watershed [12],
Vegetation and soils of the Cow Creek watershed [13],
Vegetation and soils of the Duckwater watershed [14].

Related categories for Species: Halogeton glomeratus | Halogeton