DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Krameria grayi | White Ratany 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
White ratany is found in the arid regions of the southwestern United
States and northern Mexico.  It occurs from southern California east to
western Texas and from southern Nevada and Utah south to northern Mexico
[14,39].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  CO  NV  NM  TX  UT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     AMIS  BIBE  CACA  DEVA  GRCA  GUMO
     JOTR  LAME  ORPI  SAGU


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K031  Oak - juniper woodlands
   K033  Chaparral
   K039  Blackbrush
   K041  Creosotebush
   K042  Creosotebush - bursage
   K043  Paloverde - cactus shrub
   K044  Creosotebush - tarbush
   K045  Ceniza shurb
   K058  Grama - tobosa shrubsteppe
   K059  Trans-Pecos shrub savanna
   K086  Juniper - oak savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    66  Ashe juniper - redberry (Pinchot) juniper
    67  Mohrs ("shin") oak
    68  Mesquite
   220  Rocky Mountain juniper
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   241  Western live oak
   242  Mesquite


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
White ratany is not currently listed as a dominant and/or indicator in
published plant association or habitat type classifications.  It occurs
in the understory of ironwood (Olneya tesota), Joshua tree (Yucca
brevifolia), juniper (Juniperus spp.), and shrub live oak (Quercus
turbinella) [10,27].  In the shrub layer white ratany is associated with
creosote bush (Larrea spp.), bursage (Ambrosia spp.), and little-leaf
paloverde (Cercidium microphyllum) [9,13,23].

Related categories for Species: Krameria grayi | White Ratany