DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Arctostaphylos pungens | Pointleaf Manzanita 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Pointleaf manzanita is distributed from California, Nevada, and Utah to
western Texas.  Its range extends south into Mexico to the states of
Chihuahua, Coahiula, Veracruz, and Oaxaca [12,19,25,32].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  NV  NM  TX  UT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CHIR  CORO  FOBO  GRCA  LAME  PINN
     SAGU  ZION


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K019  Arizona pine forest
   K030  California oakwoods
   K031  Oak - juniper woodlands
   K032  Transition between K031 and K037
   K033  Chaparral
   K034  Montane chaparral
   K037  Mountain mahogany - oak scrub


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   241  Western live oak
   247  Jeffrey pine
   249  Canyon live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Pointleaf manzanita is present in pine (Pinus spp.) forests and oak
woodlands, but occurs most frequently in chaparral communities [22] 

Publications listing pointleaf manzanita as a dominant or codominant
shrub layer species include:

Classification of the forest vegetation on the National Forests of
  Arizona and New Mexico [1]
Arizona chaparral: plant associations and ecology [3]
Forest habitat types in the Apache, Gila, and part of the Cibola
  National Forests, Arizona and New Mexico [8]
A habitat type classification system for ponderosa pine forests of
  northern Arizona [11]
Forest and woodland habitat types (plant associations) of northern New
  Mexico and northern Arizona [17]
The natural vegetation of Arizona [21]

Related categories for Species: Arctostaphylos pungens | Pointleaf Manzanita