DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Eragrostis lehmanniana | Lehmann Lovegrass 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Lehmann lovegrass is native to South Africa.  It was first introduced in
the arid Southwest in the 1930's for range restoration purposes.
Between 1940 and 1980, ranchers and goverment land managers established
Lehmann lovegrass on more than 172,000 acres (70,000 ha) [10]. However,
because of edaphic and climatic requirements of the plant, most stands
in Texas, New Mexico, and central Arizona disappeared within 5 years of
planting [11].  In 1988, Lehmann lovegrass was considered a major plant
species on about 347,000 acres (140,000 ha), with the majority of this
acreage in southeastern Arizona [12].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  HI  NM  OK  TX  UT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CORO  FOBO


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K037  Mountain-mahogany - oak scrub
   K041  Creosotebush
   K042  Creosotebush - bursage
   K044  Creosotebush - tarbush
   K053  Grama - galleta steppe
   K058  Grama - tobosa shrubsteppe
   K059  Trans-Pecos shrub savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   242  Mesquite


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Eragrostis lehmanniana | Lehmann Lovegrass