DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Yucca schidigera | Mojave Yucca 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Mojave yucca occurs from coastal southern California and northern Mexico
eastward into northwestern Arizona and southern Nevada [18,39].  As its
name implies, this yucca is closely associated with Mojave Desert
vegetation through much of its range [18].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES30  Desert shrub
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper
   FRES40  Desert grasslands


STATES : 
     AZ  CA  NV  UT  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CABR  JOTR  LAME


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


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K033  Chaparral
   K035  Coastal sagebrush
   K041  Creosotebush


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   239  Pinyon - juniper


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
   205  Coastal sage shrub
   211  Creosotebush scrub
   212  Blackbush
   412  Juniper-pinyon woodland
   504  Juniper-pinyon pine woodland
   506  Creosotebush-bursage
   508  Creosotebush-tarbush


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Mojave yucca is a common constituent of Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)
woodlands and desert shrub communities [29].  It extends into the lower
reaches of many pinyon-juniper (Pinus-Juniperus spp.) woodlands,
throughout desert shrub communities, and into coastal chaparral of
southern California [12,15,20,39].

Plant associates:  Mojave yucca commonly grows with California sagebrush
(Artemisia californica), pricklypear (Opuntia spp.), Joshua tree, banana
yucca, blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima), creosotebush (Larrea
tridentata), white sage (Salvia apiana), California buckwheat (Eriogonum
fasiculatum), and sugar sumac (Rhus ovata) [12,29,40].

Related categories for Species: Yucca schidigera | Mojave Yucca