DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Arbutus arizonica | Arizona Madrone 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Arizona madrone has a limited distribution.  It is found in the
foothills and lower mountains of southern Arizona and New Mexico, and
northern Mexico [11,22,25].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper


STATES : 
     AZ  NM  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CHIR  CORO  SAGU


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


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K018  Pine - Douglas-fir forest
   K019  Arizona pine forest 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K031  Oak - juniper woodlands


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   240  Arizona cypress
   241  Western live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Arizona madrone is widespread in mesic areas of the Madrean (i.e.,
Sierra Madre) evergreen woodlands, extending up into the mixed
coniferous forest [1,4,13].  Additionally, it is a minor component of
two riparian community types: (1) Arizona sycamore/American ash
(Platanus wrightii/Fraxinus pennsylvanica) and (2) Arizona sycamore
[24].  Arizona madrone is an important species within the oak-pine
woodland, especially the pygmy conifer-oak scrub (Pinus
cembroides-Juniperus deppeana-Quercus arizonica, Q. emoryi) [5,17,30].
It is also found in drier adjacent communities with buckbrush (Ceanothus
huichugore) [4,18].  It is listed as a minor seral species in the
following classification:

Forest and woodland habitat types (plant associations) of Arizona south
  of the Mogollon Rim and southwestern New Mexico [33].

Related categories for Species: Arbutus arizonica | Arizona Madrone