DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Artemisia longiloba | Alkali Sagebrush 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Early sagebrush occurs in foothills from southwestern Montana south
through Wyoming to northwestern Colorado, and scattered westward to
Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon [1].



ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES36  Mountain grasslands


STATES : 
     CO  ID  MT  NV  OR  UT  WY


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CRMO  FOBU


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K24  Juniper steppe woodland
   K38  Great Basin sagebrush
   K55  Sagebrush steppe
   K63  Foothills prairie


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Early sagebrush is an indicator species in certain locations on dry
rocky soils with a strongly developed claypan layer in the B horizon.
Associated species of early sagebrush are similar to those of low
sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula).  Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) and
Thurber needlegrass (Stipa thurberiana) commonly occur with early
sagebrush and low sagebrush [23].  Publications listing early sagebrush
as a dominant or indicator species include:

Sagebrush-grass habitat types of southern Idaho [11]
Grassland and shrubland habitat types of western Montana [17]
Grassland and shrubland habitat types of the Shoshone National Forest [21]
Artemisia arbuscula, A. longiloba, and A. nova habitat types in northern
  Nevada [24]

Related categories for Species: Artemisia longiloba | Alkali Sagebrush