DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Medicago sativa | Alfalfa 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Alfalfa originated in southwestern Asia, was first cultivated in Iran,
and now has a worldwide distribution due to its popularity as an
agricultural species.  It was introduced into the United States in 1736
in Georgia, but it was not until around 1850 that it began to be more
widely planted.  It is planted in all 50 states and is widely planted in
Canada.  It is naturalized in many areas [12,37,50,95].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES22  Western white pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES24  Hemlock - Sitka spruce
   FRES25  Larch
   FRES26  Lodgepole pine
   FRES27  Redwood
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES31  Shinnery
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES36  Mountain grasslands
   FRES37  Mountain meadows
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES39  Prairie
   FRES40  Desert grasslands
   FRES41  Wet grasslands
   FRES42  Annual grasslands


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  NF  NT  NS  ON  PE  PQ  SK
     YT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ALPO  BADL  BIBE  BICA  BRCA  BUFF
     CACH  CANY  CARE  CHIS  CHIR  COLO
     COLM  CODA  DEWA  DETO  DINO  EFMO
     EVER  FLFO  FODO  FOBU  GATE  GWCA
     GLAC  GRCA  GRTE  GRKO  GUMO  INDU
     JECA  JODA  LAME  MACA  MEVE  MORA
     NATR  NABR  NOCA  OLYM  PEFO  PIRO
     PIPE  PORE  SAMO  SLBE  THRO  TICA
     WICR  YELL  ZION


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 : 
   Occurs in most Kuchler Plant Associations


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   Occurs in most SAF Cover Types


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Medicago sativa | Alfalfa