DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Desert willow is distributed from southwestern and Trans-Pecos Texas
west to extreme southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, and southern
California [21].  It is also found in northern Mexico.

Subspecies linearis var. linearis occurs primarily east of the Rio
Grande River in eastern New Mexico and western Texas, while subspecies
arcuata occurs primarily west of the Rio Grande River [13].  


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  NV  NM  TX  UT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     AMIS  BIBE  CACA  CHIR  CORO  FOBO
     GRCA  GUMO  JOTR  LAME  MOCA  ORPI
     SAGU  WHSA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K027  Mesquite bosque
   K041  Creosotebush
   K042  Creosotebush - bursage
   K043  Paloverde - cactus shrub
   K044  Creosotebush - tarbush
   K054  Grama - tobosa prairie
   K058  Grama - tobosa shrubsteppe
   K059  Trans-Pecos shrub savanna
   K061  Mesquite - acacia savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   242  Mesquite


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Desert willow sometimes codominates desert washes and water courses with
other phreatophytes [see SITE CHARACTERISTICS for a list of codominant
plants].  Published classification schemes listing desert willow as an
indicator species or dominant part of the vegetation in community types
(cts) or plant associations (pas) are listed below:

  Area               Classification                 Authority

s CA                general veg. pas           Paysen & others 1980

s CA                general veg. cts           Burk 1977

Related categories for Species: Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow