Wildlife, Animals, and Plants
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DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Lycium andersonii | Anderson Wolfberry
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION :
Anderson wolfberry grows in southern and eastern Nevada, southeastern
California, the southern half of Arizona and into northern Arizona,
along the Colorado River, and northward into Utah on the Colorado
Plateau [12,16,30] . This species also occurs in New Mexico and
northwestern Mexico [12].
ECOSYSTEMS :
FRES29 Sagebrush
FRES30 Desert shrub
FRES34 Chaparral - mountain shrub
FRES35 Pinyon - juniper
STATES :
AZ CA CO NV NM UT MEXICO
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS :
CANY DEVA GLCA GRCA JOTR LAME
NABR ORPI WUPA ZION
BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS :
3 Southern Pacific Border
6 Upper Basin and Range
7 Lower Basin and Range
11 Southern Rocky Mountains
12 Colorado Plateau
KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS :
KO23 Juniper - pinyon woodland
KO35 Coastal sagebrush
KO38 Great Basin sagebrush
K041 Creosotebush
K043 Paloverde - cactus shrub
SAF COVER TYPES :
68 Mesquite
239 Pinyon - juniper
242 Mesquite
SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES :
NO-ENTRY
HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES :
Anderson wolfberry occurs in some desert shrub and woodland community
types but seldom attains dominance. Wolfberry is a codominate in only
one plant association (Larrea-Lycium andersonii-Grayia). This
association occurs in the Mojave Desert of Nevada.
The publication listing Anderson wolfberry as an indicator or dominant
species is as follows:
Area Classification Authority
NV, Mojave Desert Veg. (pas) Beatley 1969
Related categories for Species: Lycium andersonii
| Anderson Wolfberry
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