DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Thamnosma montana | Mojave Desertrue 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Mojave desertrue is found in the Mojave, Sonora, and Colorado deserts of
Baja California, southern California, southern Nevada (Nye and Clark
counties), southwestern Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico
[3,13,15,18,22].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  NM  NV  UT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     DEVA  GLCA  GRCA  JOTR  LAME


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K024  Juniper steppe woodland
   K039  Blackbrush
   K040  Saltbush - greasewood
   K041  Creosotebush
   K042  Creosotebush - bursage
   K044  Creosotebush - tarbush


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   238  Western juniper
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Mojave desertrue is commonly found in creosotebush (Larrea tridentata)
scrub, blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) scrub, and other warm desert
shrub communities, and in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) and
pinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.-Juniperus spp.) woodlands [5,6,27,18,30].  In
addition to the above mentioned species, Mojave desertrue is commonly
associated with desertsenna (Cassia armata), Nevada ephedra (Ephedra
nevadensis), banana yucca (Yucca baccata), Mojave yucca (Y. schidigera),
spiny hopsage (Grayia spinosa), winterfat (Ceratoides lanata), budsage
(Artemisia spinescens), Utah agave (Agave utahensis), purple sage
(Salvia dorrii), desert almond (Prunus fasciculatus), Dalea spp.,
Atriplex spp., Tetradymia spp., Eriogonum spp., and Lycium spp.
[8,23,27].  Mojave desertrue is not listed as a dominant or indicator
species in the available literature.

Related categories for Species: Thamnosma montana | Mojave Desertrue