DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Elymus macrourus | Wheatgrass 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Elymus macrourus occurs in northwestern North America from subarctic
Alaska east to the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories.  It
also occurs in eastern Siberia [6,10].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES28  Western hardwoods


STATES : 
     AK  NT  YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     YUCH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   222  Black cottonwood - willow
   235  Cottonwood - willow


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Elymus macrourus is not used in habitat type classifications.  It occurs
in riparian stands with willows (Salix alaxensis, S. pseudocordata),
prickly rose (Rosa acicularis), western river alder (Alnus incana),
highbush cranberry (Viburnum edule), raspberry (Rubus idaeus), northern
bedstraw (Galium boreale), alpine bluegrass (Poa alpina), common
fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium), tilesius wormwood (Artemisia
tilesii), and rough bentgrass (Agrostis scabra) [7].

Related categories for Species: Elymus macrourus | Wheatgrass