DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Krameria parvifolia | Range Ratany 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Range 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
[17,34].


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


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  NV  NM  TX  UT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     DEVA  GRCA  LAME  MOCA  ORPI  SAGU


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


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   KO23  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   KO31  Oak - juniper woodland
   KO33  Chaparral
   KO39  Blackbrush
   K041  Creosotebush
   K042  Creosotebush - bursage
   K043  Paloverde - cactus shrub
   KO44  Creosote bush - tarbush
   KO45  Ceniza shrub
   KO58  Grama - tobosa shrubsteppe
   KO59  Trans-Pecos shrub 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 : 
Range ratany commonly occurs in the understory of catclaw acacia (Acacia
greggii), Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia), juniper (Juniperus spp.),
pinyon pine (Pinus edulis), and shrub live oak (Quercus turbinella)
[9,28,31].  In the shrub layer, range ratany is associated with
creosotebush (Larrea spp.) and white bursage (Ambrosia dumosa) [5].

Range ratany is listed as a dominant in the chaparral plant association
classification of Arizona by Carmichael and others [9].

Related categories for Species: Krameria parvifolia | Range Ratany