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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]

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