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CEGL005820 Arctostaphylos patula Sierran Chaparral Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Greenleaf Manzanita Sierran Chaparral Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California, and the following description is based on occurrences there. Additional information will be added as it becomes available. It is likely that this association ranges throughout the Sierra Nevada and perhaps elsewhere in montane California. Stands are found at low to mid elevations (1495-2530 m [4900-8300 feet]) on mid to high portions of slopes with all aspects. The slopes tend to be linear and moderately steep to abrupt (10-70°). This association is found on moderately deep to deep soils and occasionally on shallow soils. Soils are poorly drained to well-drained with textures ranging from stony and gravelly to loam from sedimentary and granitic parent materials. Although fires in this type can be small due to resistance to ignition, they can support catastrophic fires once they get started. The unvegetated surface is made up of litter, wood and bare soil. Disturbance in the form of invasion by exotics, logging, improper burning regime, and road and trail construction occur in low to high intensity. Most stands are the result of fire or other natural or unnatural process. Many stands could support conifer woodland or forest with long intervals between fires or other disturbance processes. This association forms open to moderately dense stands dominated by Arctostaphylos patula. Often found in this association are Abies lowiana, Calocedrus decurrens, Quercus kelloggii, and Chamaebatia foliolosa. Occasionally, Pinus jeffreyi, Quercus kelloggii, and Apocynum androsaemifolium are present. A variety of other species present in this association may include Carex multicaulis, Ceanothus parvifolius, Ceanothus cordulatus, Chamaesyce serpyllifolia, Lupinus breweri, and Prunus emarginata. Stands of this association are variable in their disturbance regimes. Some are clearly seral to forest types, and others are edaphically controlled, probably persisting from 50 to more than 100 years at least without being invaded by conifers.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This association forms open to moderately dense stands dominated by Arctostaphylos patula. Often found in this association are Abies lowiana (= Abies concolor var. lowiana), Calocedrus decurrens, Quercus kelloggii, and Chamaebatia foliolosa. Occasionally, Pinus jeffreyi, Quercus kelloggii, and Apocynum androsaemifolium are present. A variety of other species present in this association may include Carex multicaulis, Ceanothus parvifolius, Ceanothus cordulatus, Chamaesyce serpyllifolia, Lupinus breweri, and Prunus emarginata. Stands of this association are variable in their disturbance regimes. Some are clearly seral to forest types, and others are edaphically controlled, probably persisting from 50 to more than 100 years at least without being invaded by conifers.
Dynamics: Disturbance in the form of invasion by exotics, logging, improper burning regime, and road and trail construction occur in low to high intensity. Most stands are the result of fire or other natural or unnatural process. Many stands could support conifer woodland or forest with long intervals between fires or other disturbance processes.
Environmental Description: Stands are found at low to mid elevations (1495-2530 m [4900-8300 feet]) on mid to high portions of slopes with all aspects. The slopes tend to be linear and moderately steep to abrupt (10-70°). This association is found on moderately deep to deep soils and occasionally on shallow soils. Soils are poorly drained to well-drained with textures ranging from stony and gravelly to loam from sedimentary and granitic parent materials. Although fires in this type can be small due to resistance to ignition, they can support catastrophic fires once they get started. The unvegetated surface is made up of litter, wood and bare soil.
Geographic Range: This association is only known from Yosemite National Park in California. Information about its global characteristics is not available without additional inventory. It is likely that this association ranges throughout the Sierra Nevada and perhaps elsewhere in montane California.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA, OR
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684742
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation | F012 | 2.B.2 |
| Division | 2.B.2.Ng Western North American Interior Chaparral Division | D061 | 2.B.2.Ng |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Ng.1 Greenleaf Manzanita - Snowbrush Ceanothus - Huckleberry Oak Montane Chaparral Macrogroup | M094 | 2.B.2.Ng.1 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Ng.1.a Greenleaf Manzanita - Pinemat Manzanita - Snowbrush Ceanothus Montane Sclerophyll Scrub Group | G282 | 2.B.2.Ng.1.a |
| Alliance | A0788 Greenleaf Manzanita - Pinemat Manzanita Shrubland Alliance | A0788 | 2.B.2.Ng.1.a |
| Association | CEGL005820 Greenleaf Manzanita Sierran Chaparral Shrubland | CEGL005820 | 2.B.2.Ng.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Arctostaphylos patula - Ceanothus velutinus association (Odion et al. 2013)
= Arctostaphylos patula (Sawyer et al. 2009) [37.303.01]
= Arctostaphylos patula Shrubland (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
= Arctostaphylos patula Sierran Chaparral Shrubland (DiPaolo et al. 2018)
= Arctostaphylos patula (Sawyer et al. 2009) [37.303.01]
= Arctostaphylos patula Shrubland (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
= Arctostaphylos patula Sierran Chaparral Shrubland (DiPaolo et al. 2018)
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