DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Taraxacum officinale | Dandelion 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Dandelion is of Eurasian origin but has become naturalized throughout
the United States.  It occurs in all 50 states, almost all Canadian
provinces, and Mexico [62,126].


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
   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
   FRES44  Alpine


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  PQ  SK
     YT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  AGFO  ALPO  ANTI  APIS  ARCH
     ASIS  BADL  BAND  BISO  BITH  BICA
     BLCA  BLRI  BRCA  BUFF  CACH  CACO
     CAHA  CARE  CACA  CATO  CEBR  CHCH
     CHIR  COLO  COLM  COSW  CODA  CUGA
     CUVA  DEVA  DEWA  DETO  EFMO  FIIS
     DINO  FLFO  FODO  FOBU  GATE  GWCA
     GWMP  GLAC  GRCA  GRTE  GRKO  GRBA
     GRSA  GRSM  GUMO  GUIS  HALE  HOBE
     INDU  ISRO  JECA  JOFL  LACL  LAME
     LAMR  LAVO  MACA  MEVE  MORA  MORU
     NERI  NOCA  OBRI  OLYM  PIRO  PINN
     PIPE  PORE  REDW  RICH  ROCR  ROMO
     SAJH  SAMO  SARA  SCBL  SHEN  SHIL
     SLBE  SUCR  THRO  TICA  VAFO  VOYA
     WACA  WICA  YELL  YOSE  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 : 
   Dandelion is found in nearly all Kuchler Plant Associations. 


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   Dandelion is found in nearly all SAF cover types.


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Dandelion is an indicator species in ruderal vegetation types in North
Dakota, South Dakota, and Washington [51,137].
  

Related categories for Species: Taraxacum officinale | Dandelion