DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Psathyrostachys juncea | Russian Wildrye 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Russian wildrye is native to the steppe and desert regions of Russia and
China.  Although first introduced to the United States in 1927, wide
utilization of this species in rangeland rehabilitation and improvement
was not initiated until the 1950's [18].  It has recently been
introduced throughout the Intermountain West and northern Great Plains.
It is currently distributed from Manitoba and Saskachewan southward to
Arizona [18].  This species is becoming established in North America
[12].  Naturalized plants have been reported for a few localities in
Utah, Wyoming, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba [5].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES36  Mountain grasslands
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CO  ID  MT  NE  ND  NV  SD  UT  WY
     MB  SK


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BRCA  FLFO


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    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
   14  Great Plains
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K018  Pine - Douglas-fir forest
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K037  Mountain mahogany - oak scrub
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K051  Wheatgrass - bluegrass
   K055  Sagebrush steppe
   K056  Wheatgrass - needlegrass shrubsteppe
   K057  Galleta - three-awn shrubsteppe
   K063  Foothills prairie
   K064  Grama - needlegrass - wheatgrass
   K065   Grama - buffalograss
   K066  Wheatgrass - needlegrass
   K067  Wheatgrass - bluestem - needlegrass


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   217  Aspen
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Psathyrostachys juncea | Russian Wildrye