DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Juniperus monosperma | Oneseed Juniper 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Oneseed juniper occurs from central Colorado, southern Nevada, Arizona,
and New Mexico to western Texas and southward into northern Mexico
[47,48,75].  This species along with true pinyon (Pinus edulis) is the
dominant tree on 60 million acres (24,281,238 ha) of the Southwest [15].
The variety gracilis is restricted to parts of Mexico [81].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES29  Sagebrush
   FRES32  Texas savanna
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES35  Pinyon - juniper


STATES : 
     AZ  CO  KS  NV  NM  OK  TX  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BAND  BIBE  CACA  CHCU  CHIR  CORO
     FOBO  GRCA  GUMO  LAME  LAMR  MOCA
     ORPI  PEFO  WACA  WUPA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   11  Southern Rocky Mountains
   12  Colorado Plateau
   13  Rocky Mountains Piedmont


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K011  Western ponderosa pine
   K018  Pine - Douglas-fir forest
   K019  Arizona pine forest
   K023  Juniper - pinyon woodland
   K031  Oak - juniper woodlands
   K037  Mountain mahogany - oak scrub
   K038  Great Basin sagebrush
   K055  Sagebrush steppe


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   239  Pinyon - juniper
   240  Arizona cypress
   241  Western live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Oneseed juniper is an indicator in a number of pinyon-juniper shrubland
and desert grassland classification systems.  This species frequently
occurs as a codominant with ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), pinyon, or
Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) in woodland habitat or community
types [23,24,44].

Published classifications listing oneseed juniper as an indicator are
listed below.

Forest vegetatoin of the White River National Forest in western
  Colorado: a habitat type classification  [31].
Phyto-edaphic communities of the Upper Rio Puerco Watershed, New Mexico [23].
Plant associations of Region Two [44].
Preliminary habitat types of a semiarid grassland [24].

Related categories for Species: Juniperus monosperma | Oneseed Juniper