DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Carex geyeri | Elk Sedge 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Elk sedge occurs from southern Alberta and British Columbia south
through eastern Washington, Oregon, and northern California.  It occurs
in western Montana and throughout Idaho south into Wyoming, Colorado,
Utah, the western edge of Nevada, and into the northern portions of New
Mexico and Arizona [31,53].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES19  Aspen - birch
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES26  Lodgepole pine
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES44  Alpine


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  CO  HI  ID  MT  NV  NM  OR  UT
     WA  WY  AB  BC


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BIHO  BLCA  CODA  FOBU  GLAC  GRTE
     MEVE  MORA  NOCA  ROMO  TICA  YELL


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    4  Sierra Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K005  Mixed conifer forest
   K008  Lodgepole pine - subalpine forest
   K011  Western ponderosa forest
   K012  Douglas-fir forest
   K014  Grand fir - Douglas-fir forest
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K016  Eastern ponderosa forest
   K018  Pine - Douglas-fir forest
   K019  Arizona pine forest 
   K020  Spruce - fir - Douglas-fir forest
   K021  Southwestern spruce - fir forest
   K022  Great Basin pine forest
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K050  Fescue - wheatgrass


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   206  Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir
   208  Whitebark pine
   210  Interior Douglas-fir
   212  Western larch
   213  Grand fir
   217  Aspen
   218  Lodgepole pine
   219  Limber pine
   237  Interior ponderosa pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Elk sedge is dominant in the western habitat types, community types, and
plant associations listed below.

A preliminary description of plant communities found on the Sawtooth,
  White Cloud, Boulder, and Pioneer Mountains [42]
Aspen community types of the Intermountain Region [37]
Aspen community types of Utah [38]
Coniferous forest habitat types of central and southern Utah [57]
Coniferous forest habitat types of northern Utah [36]
Forest habitat types of central Idaho [52]
Forest habitats of eastern Idaho-western Wyoming [46]
Forest habitat types of northern Idaho: A second approximation [11]
Forest habitat types of Montana [40]
Forest vegetation of the Arapaho and Roosevelt Natioanl Forest in  
  central Colorado: A habitat type classification [11]
Forest vegetation of the Medicine Bow National Forest in southeastern
 Wyoming: A habitat type classification [1]
Forest vegetation of the Routt National Forest in northwestern Colorado:
 A habitat type classification [23]
Forest vegetation of the White River National Forest in western
 Colorado: A habitat type classification [24]
Habitat types on selected parts of the Gunnison and Uncompahgre National
 Forest [26]
Plant associations and management guide for the gand fir zone, Gifford
 Pinchot National Forest [54]
Plant communities of the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon and
 southeastern Washington [19]
Riparian classification for the Upper Salmon/Middle Fork Salmon River
 Drainages, Idaho [55]
Sagebrush-grass habitat types of southern Idaho [22]

Related categories for Species: Carex geyeri | Elk Sedge