DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Acacia greggii | Catclaw Acacia 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Catclaw acacia is common over much of the northern Chihuahuan, Sonoran,
and southern Mojave deserts.  It occurs in southern and western Texas,
southern New Mexico, southern and central Arizona, southern Nevada,
extreme southwestern Utah, southeastern California, and northern Mexico
[33].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES31  Shinnery
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  NV  NM  TX  UT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BIBE  CACA  CORO  FOBO  GRCA  GUMO
     JOTR  LAME  MOCA  ORPI  SAGU


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
   K031  Oak - juniper woodlands
   K032  Transition between K031 and K037
   K041  Creosote bush
   K042  Creosote bush - bursage
   K043  Paloverde - cactus shrub
   K044  Creosote bush - tarbush
   K045  Ceniza shrub
   K054  Grama - tobosa prairie
   K058  Grama - tobosa shrubsteppe
   K059  Trans-Pecos shrub savanna
   K060  Mesquite savanna
   K061  Mesquite - acacia savanna
   K062  Mesquite - live oak savanna
   K065  Grama - buffalograss
   K071  Shinnery
   K085  Mesquite - buffalograss
   K086  Juniper - oak savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    66  Ash juniper - redberry (Pinchot) juniper
    67  Mohrs ("shin") oak
    68  Mesquite
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   241  Western live oak
   242  Mesquite


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Catclaw acacia is generally not a dominant plant but occurs as scattered
individuals in many plant communities.  It attains its highest densities
in desert washes where it may codominate.  Catclaw acacia has not been
listed as a dominant plant or habitat type indicator in any published
classifications.

Related categories for Species: Acacia greggii | Catclaw Acacia