DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus | Rayless Goldenhead 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Rayless goldenhead occurs in desert regions of the southwestern United
States [7,10,20].  In the Mojave Desert it occurs in northwestern
Arizona, southeastern California, and southwestern Nevada.  It is also
found in the southern reaches of the Great Basin Desert in north-central
Arizona, western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southeastern Nevada,
and southern Utah [2,7,10,14].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  CO  NV  NM  UT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     DEVA  GLCA  GRCA  JOTR  LAME  ORPI
     ZION


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    4  Sierra Mountains
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   12  Colorado Plateau


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K039  Blackbrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K041  Creosotebush
   K042  Creosotebush - bursage
   K057  Galleta - threeawn shrubsteppe


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


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Rayless goldenhead may be associated with catclaw acacia (Acacia
greggii), California juniper (Juniperus californica), scrub oak (Quercus
turbinella), Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia), California buckwheat
(Eriogonum fasciculatum), golden cholla (Opuntia echinocarpa), and
Mojave yucca (Y. schidigera) [2,3].

Related categories for Species: Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus | Rayless Goldenhead