DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Atriplex gardneri | Gardner's Saltbush 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Gardner's saltbush is found from Washington south to northwestern
California; east to Saskatchewan and the Dakotas; south through Wyoming
and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona; and north to Nevada.  It has
been introduced into southern California [19,35,37].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES38  Plains grasslands
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  CO  ID  MT  NV  ND  NM  SD  OR
     UT  WY  AB  SK


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BICA  FOBU  YELL


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   15  Black Hills Uplift
   16  Upper Missouri Basin and Broken Lands


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K046  Desert
   K055  Sagebrush steppe
   K057  Galleta - three-awn shrubsteppe
   K064  Grama - needlegrass - wheatgrass
   K066  Wheatgrass - needlegrass


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Gardner's saltbush is an indicator species in a number of
saltbush-greasewood and saltbush-grassland vegetation types and plant
associations.  It is listed as an indicator in the following published
classifications:

Presettlement vegetation of part of northwestern Moffat County,
  Colorado, described from remnants [2].
Soil vegetation relationships in the shadscale zone of southeastern Utah [29].
Plant associations (habitat types) of Region 2 [28].
New Mexico vegetation:  past, present and future [40].

Related categories for Species: Atriplex gardneri | Gardner's Saltbush