DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Dasylirion wheeleri | Wheeler Sotol 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Wheeler sotol occurs from western Texas to southern Arizona and Mexico
[11,21].  In Arizona it occurs from the Mazatzal and Quivari mountains
in Pima County to Greenlee and Cochise counties.  In New Mexico Wheeler
sotol occurs on the Gila River and Rio Grande drainages from Socorro
County southward and eastward to the White Mountain, Lincoln County.  In
Texas it occurs in the Trans-Pecos region and western parts of the
Edwards Plateau [24].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  NM  TX  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CHIR  CORO  FOBO  SAGU


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


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K033  Chaparral
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K041  Creosotebush
   K042  Creosotebush - bursage
   K043  Paloverde - cactus shrub
   K044  Creosotebush - tarbush
   K045  Ceniza shrub
   K046  Desert: vegetation largely lacking
   K053  Grama - galleta steppe
   K054  Grama - tobosa prairie
   K057  Galleta - three-awn shrubsteppe
   K058  Grama - tobosa shrubsteppe
   K059  Trans-Pecos shrub savanna
   K060  Mesquite savanna
   K061  Mesquite - acacia savanna
   K062  Mesquite - live oak savanna
   K087  Mesquite - oak savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    68  Mesquite
    72  Southern scrub oak
   241  Western live oak
   242  Mesquite


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Species: Dasylirion wheeleri | Wheeler Sotol