DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Artemisia pygmaea | Pygmy Sagebrush 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Pygmy sagebrush occurs from northern Arizona throughout the Great Basin
of Nevada and Utah and the Uinta Basin of Utah and Colorado [18].  It is
uncommon, but locally abundant, throughout its range [22] and covers
approximately 21 square miles (5,000 ha) [13].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper


STATES : 
     AZ  CO  NV  UT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BRCA  GRCA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    6  Upper Basin and Range 
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   10  Wyoming Basin
   12  Colorado Plateau


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K057  Galleta - three awn shrubsteppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Pygmy sagebrush grows in desert grassland, pinyon-juniper, and salt
desert shrub communities of the Great Basin and Uinta Basin.  At some
mesic, less saline, salt desert sites, pygmy sagebrush, black sagebrush
(Artemisia nova) and/or budsage (Artemisia spinescens) dominate the
plant community [23].  Pygmy sagebrush has not been described as an
indicator of climax.

Related categories for Species: Artemisia pygmaea | Pygmy Sagebrush