DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Vulpia myuros | Foxtail Fescue 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Foxtail fescue, a European native, is widely distributed throughout
North America from Alaska and British Columbia eastward to Montana and
southward to Baja California [2,8].  It is occasional in the central
United States but is common in the eastern United States [2].  This
species is common throughout southern Europe, Asia, Australia, and the
Americas [13].

Vulpia myuros var. myuros is widely distributed throughout Eurasia,
Africa, Australia, and North and South America [13,14].  In Canada, the
United States, and Mexico, it occurs most commonly in coastal areas.
Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta occurs widely throughout Europe, North
America, South America, Hawaii, Japan, and Australia.  It is occasional
in the Rocky Mountains and the Midwest [13].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES42  Annual grasslands


STATES : 
     AL  AK  AZ  AR  CA  CT  DE  GA  HI  ID
     LA  MA  MD  ME  MI  MT  NC  NJ  NV  OH
     OK  OR  PA  RI  SC  TN  TX  UT  WA  WI
     VA  WV  BC  YT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CALO  CHCH  COLO  HAVO  NOCA  OLYM
     REDW  RICH  SAGU  SAMO  WHIS


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    4  Sierra Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont
   14  Great Plains
   15  Black Hills Uplift
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K048  California steppe
   K055  Sagebrush steppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Foxtail fescue is most typically a constituent of early seral plant
communities.  It occurs sporadically through a range of habitat types
and may becomes abundant on some disturbed sites [7].  This species has
been described as an indicator of climax on some sites, and it occurs as
a dominant in the annual grasslands of California [16].  Foxtail fescue,
along with smooth brome (Bromus mollis), dominate a vegetation zone
surrounding vernal pools in southern California [11].

Related categories for Species: Vulpia myuros | Foxtail Fescue