DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Pleuraphis  mutica | Tobosa 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Tobosa is found in the southwestern United States where it is
restricted to the semidesert grassland and desert shrub types.  It
ranges from south central Oklahoma through western Texas, to southern
Arizona and south into Mexico [40,46,49].  It is cultivated in Hawaii
[57].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  HI  NM  OK  TX  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     AMIS  BIBE  CACA  CORO  FOBO  GRCA
     GUMO  MOCA  SAGU  WHSA


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


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K027  Mesquite bosque
   K044  Creosote bush - tarbush
   K045  Ciniza shrub
   K054  Grama - tobosa prairie
   K058  Grama tobosa shrubsteppe
   K059  Trans - Pecos shrub savanna
   K060  Mesquite savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    68  Mesquite
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   242  Mesquite


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Tobosa is a climax species indicative of heavy soils on lowland
sites subject to periodic flooding.  Classifications listing
tobosa as a climax indicator or dominant species are listed
below.

A digitized systematic classification for ecosystems with an illustrated
   summary of the natural vegetation of North America [7]
A vegetation classification system for New Mexico, U.S.A. [14]
A series vegetation classification for Region 3 [31] 

Related categories for Species: Pleuraphis mutica | Tobosa