DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Artemisia pedatifida | Birdfoot Sagebrush 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Birdfoot sagebrush grows from the high plains of southern Idaho and
Montana through Wyoming to northwestern Colorado [3,8,9].  It extends
eastward, barely reaching the western-most edge of the Great Plains
[8].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub


STATES : 
     CO  ID  MT  UT  WY


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
NO-ENTRY


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    5  Columbia Plateau
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   14  Great Plains
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K055  Sagebrush steppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Birdfoot sagebrush has been described as a climax indicator at some
sandy to stony sites in central Montana [2].  It is codominant with
Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) at these range sites [2].

Birdfoot sagebrush is found in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.)-grass and
saltbush (Atriplex spp.)-grass communities in Utah and elsewhere [7].
It commonly occurs with the following species:  Indian ricegrass
(Oryzopsis hymenoides), needle-and-thread (Stipa comata), threadleaf
sedge (Carex filifolia), Idaho fescue, bottlebrush squirreltail (Elymus
elymoides), bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata), fringed
sagebrush (Artemisia frigida), winterfat (Ceratoides lanata), and a
number of annual grasses and forbs [2,16].

Related categories for Species: Artemisia pedatifida | Birdfoot Sagebrush