DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Artemisia bigelovii | Bigelow Sagebrush 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Bigelow sagebrush occurs from western Texas to southern California and
northward into Colorado and Utah [12,20,23].  It grows discontinuously
within this region, mainly in the Colorado River drainage and in
portions of the San Juan, Little Colorado, upper Rio Grande, Pecos,
Canadian, and Arkansas River drainages [1].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  CO  NM  NV  TX  UT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ARCH  CACH  CANY  CARE  CHCU  COLO
     DEVA  GLCA  GRCA  LAME  NABR  WUPA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K039  Blackbrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K055  Sagebrush steppe
   K057  Galleta - three awn shrubsteppe
         Disturbed areas


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   238  Western juniper
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Bigelow sagebrush has not been reported as a climax indicator in
sagebrush (Artemisia spp.)-grassland or other habitat types.  However,
it is a common constituent of several climax sagebrush-grassland and
pinyon (Pinus spp.)-juniper (Juniperus spp.) habitat types [1,11].

Bigelow sagebrush is typically associated with big sagebrush (Artemisia
tridentata), black sagebrush (A. nova), rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus
spp.), shadscale, (Atriplex confertifolia), and broom snakeweed
(Gutierrezia sarothrae) [9].

Related categories for Species: Artemisia bigelovii | Bigelow Sagebrush