DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Xanthium strumarium | Common Cocklebur 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Common cocklebur has a nearly worldwide distribution between latitude 53
degrees N. and 33 degrees S.  In North America it is widespread across
southern Canada, most of the contiguous United States, and Mexico.
Areas devoid of this plant in the United States include northeastern New
York and Maine.  It is rare in mountainous terrain [28,32].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   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
   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
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES39  Prairie
   FRES40  Desert grasslands
   FRES41  Wet grasslands


STATES : 
     AL  AZ  AR  CA  CO  CT  DE  FL  GA  HI
     ID  IL  IN  IA  KS  KY  LA  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  WV  WI  WY  AB  BC  MB
     NB  NT  NS  ON  PE  PQ  SK  YT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ALPO  ARCH  ASIS  BADL  BIBE  BISO
     BITH  BUFF  CACA  CACH  CACO  CAHA
     CANY  CARE  CHCU  CHIR  CODA  COLM
     COLO  CORO  CRMO  DEVA  DEWA  DINO
     FIIS  FODO  GATE  GWCA  GWMP  GRCA
     GRSM  GUMO  HALE  HAVO  INDU  JELA
     JODA  JOTR  LAME  LAMR  MOCA  NATR
     NERI  OBRI  OZAR  PAIS  PEFO  PINN
     RICH  ROCR  SAGU  SAMO  SCBL  SEQU
     SHIL  THRO  VAFO  WACA  WUPA  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 : 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K025  Alder - ash forest
   K027  Mesquite bosque
   K030  California oakwoods
   K033  Chaparral
   K035  Coastal sagebrush
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K039  Blackbrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K041  Creosotebush
   K043  Paloverde - cactus shrub
   K046  Desert: vegetation largely lacking
   K048  California steppe
   K098  Northern floodplain forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K101  Elm - ash forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   222  Black cottonwood - willow
   235  Cottonwood - willow
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   242  Mesquite
   255  California coast live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Common cocklebur occasionally forms a dominant ground cover in open
riparian woodlands, intermittent streambeds, and beach habitats
[10,17,20].  A common cocklebur habitat type was described in the
following publication:

Range ecology and relations of mule deer, elk, and cattle in the
  Missouri River Breaks, Montana [20].

Related categories for Species: Xanthium strumarium | Common Cocklebur