DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Salix lemmonii | Lemmons Willow 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Lemmon willow is found from the Sierra-Cascade region of California,
north to Oregon along the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains, and
east to Montana, Nevada, and Colorado [7,11].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES26  Lodgepole pine


STATES : 
     CA  CO  ID  MT  NV  OR  WY


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CRLA  GRTE  LAVO  YOSE


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    2  Cascade Mountains
    4  Sierra Mountains
    5  Columbia Plateau
    6  Upper Basin and Range
    7  Lower Basin and Range
    8  Northern Rocky Mountains
    9  Middle Rocky Mountains
   10  Wyoming Basin 


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K005  Mixed conifer forest
   K007  Red fir forest
   K012  Douglas-fir forest
   K014  Grand fir - Douglas-fir forest
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   206  Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir
   207  Red fir
   210  Interior Douglas-fir
   218  Lodgepole pine
   243  Sierra Nevada mixed conifer


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Lemmon willow occurs in riparian habitats, usually bordered by
coniferous forests of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) or Douglas-fir
(Pseudotsuga menziesii); or zones of mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia
tridentata ssp. vaseyana) [6,12].  Only one published classification
scheme listing Lemmon willow as a dominant was found:

Area                       Classification             Authority

OR: Deschutes, Ochoco,     riparian rzas, cts         Kovalchik 1987
    Fremont & Winema NFs    

rzas = riparian zone associations
cts = community types

Related categories for Species: Salix lemmonii | Lemmons Willow