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CEGL000820 Pinus jeffreyi - Calocedrus decurrens / Quercus vacciniifolia Woodland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Jeffrey Pine - Incense-cedar / Huckleberry Oak Woodland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: No Data Available

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: The association differs from ~Pinus jeffreyi - Abies lowiana Woodland (CEGL008630)$$ by typically having a more open canopy (mean 37% tree cover) and the presence of a well-developed understory of Quercus vacciniifolia and other shrubs. There are 4 association with Pinus jeffreyi and Quercus vacciniifolia designated in their names. Three of these are apparently somewhat rare and occur on serpentine habitats in the Siskiyou Mountains, while the fourth appears to be a common woodland type of the Sierra Nevada in California. Further work needs to be done to review the floristics of each of these types to further elucidate their differences.

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This association is found predominantly on the west side of the Sierra Nevada (Potter 1994).

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  CA, OR




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G4

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: ? Pinus jeffreyi - Calocedrus decurrens / Quercus vacciniifolia (Sawyer et al. 2009) [87.020.37]

Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: No Data Available

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