DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Nolina microcarpa | Sacahuista 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Sacahuista is found in the high desert environs of the southwestern
United States and northern Mexico [26].  It occurs from western Texas to
southeastern Nevada and from northern Arizona and New Mexico south to
northern Mexico [17].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES33  Southwestern shrubsteppe
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  NV  NM  TX  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CHIR  CORO  FOBO  GRCA  GUMO  LAME
     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 : 
   K018  Pine - Douglas-fir forest
   K019  Arizona pine forest
   K022  Great Basin pine forest 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K024  Juniper steppe woodland
   K027  Mesquite bosque
   K031  Oak - juniper woodlands
   K032  Transition between K031 and K037
   K037  Mountain-mahogany - oak scrub
   K041  Creosotebush
   K043  Paloverde - cactus shrub
   K044  Creosotebush - tarbush
   K053  Grama - galleta steppe
   K058  Grama - tobosa shrubsteppe
   K059  Trans-Pecos shrub savanna
   K060  Mesquite savanna


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    68  Mesquite
   220  Rocky Mountain juniper
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   240  Arizona cypress
   241  Western live oak
   242  Mesquite


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Sacahuista is commonly found in the understory of pinyon pine (Pinus
spp.), juniper (Juniperus spp.), scrub oak (Quercus spp.), and
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) [7,12,22].  In the shrub layer,
sacahuista is associated with sotol (Dasylirion wheeleri), skunkbush
(Rhus trilobata), datil yucca (Yucca baccata), sandpaper bush (Mortonia
scabrella), and creosotebush (Larrea spp.) [5,21].

Sacahuista is listed as an indicator or dominant species in the
following community type (cts) and plant association (pas)
classifications:

Location               Classification            Authority

sw NM                  woodland cts              Medina 1987
sw U.S.                woodland pas              Moir and Carleton 1987

Related categories for Species: Nolina microcarpa | Sacahuista