DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Calamagrostis montanensis | Plains Reedgrass 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Plains reedgrass occurs from Manitoba to Alberta, south to Minnesota,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado
[13,14,16,17,18].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES36  Mountain grasslands
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES39  Prairie


STATES : 
     CO  ID  MN  MT  ND  SD  WY  AB  BC  MB
     SK


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     DETO  ROMO  THRO


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   10  Wyoming Basin
   15  Black Hills Uplift
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K011  Western ponderosa forest
   K016  Eastern ponderosa forest
   K017  Black Hills pine forest
   K018  Pine - Douglas-fir forest
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K055  Sagebrush steppe
   K056  Wheatgrass - needlegrass shrubsteppe
   K063  Foothills prairie
   K064  Grama - needlegrass - wheatgrass
   K065  Grama - buffalograss
   K066  Wheatgrass - needlegrass
   K067  Wheatgrass - bluestem - needlegrass
   K070  Sandsage - bluestem prairie
   K074  Bluestem prairie 


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   239  Pinyon - Juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Plains reedgrass occurs as an associate in grazed communities dominated
by blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) [4].  However, it has not been listed
in published classification schemes.

Related categories for Species: Calamagrostis montanensis | Plains Reedgrass