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CEGL008618 Quercus kelloggii - Calocedrus decurrens Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: California Black Oak - Incense-cedar Forest
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This forest 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. Stands of this forest are found at dry mesic to mesic sites at low to mid elevations (1190-1645 m [3900-5400 feet]) on the mid portion of south- to north-facing, moderate to somewhat steep (12-23°) slopes. Soils are moderately developed to rocky and tend to be moderately well-drained to well-drained with textures ranging from loam to silt loam of igneous and metamorphic, granitic parent material. Litter cover is high (80-95% cover). Disturbance is usually low. Stands form an intermittent tree layer and an intermittent to continuous shrub layer. The herb layer is sparse. This association is dominated by Quercus kelloggii and Calocedrus decurrens in the overstory and Chamaebatia foliolosa in the understory. Rarely are Abies lowiana, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, and Quercus chrysolepis present. A variety of other species may be present contributing to minor cover including Arctostaphylos patula, Toxicodendron diversilobum, Ceanothus integerrimus, Arctostaphylos mewukka, Galium bolanderi, and Galium aparine.
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
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands of this forest form an intermittent tree layer and an intermittent to continuous shrub layer. The herb layer is sparse. This association is dominated by Quercus kelloggii and Calocedrus decurrens in the overstory and Chamaebatia foliolosa in the understory. Rarely are Abies lowiana (= Abies concolor var. lowiana), Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, and Quercus chrysolepis present. A variety of other species may be present contributing to minor cover including Arctostaphylos patula, Toxicodendron diversilobum, Ceanothus integerrimus, Arctostaphylos mewukka, Galium bolanderi, and Galium aparine.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: Stands of this forest are found at dry mesic to mesic sites at low to mid elevations (1190-1645 m [3900-5400 feet]) on the mid portion of south- to north-facing, moderate to somewhat steep (12-23°) slopes. Soils are moderately developed to rocky and tend to be moderately well-drained to well-drained with textures ranging from loam to silt loam of igneous and metamorphic, granitic parent material. Litter cover is high (80-95% cover). Disturbance is usually low.
Geographic Range: This association is only known from Yosemite National Park. Information about its global characteristics is not available without additional inventory. It is likely that this association ranges throughout the Sierra Nevada.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686842
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.1 Warm Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F018 | 1.B.1 |
| Division | 1.B.1.Nc Californian Forest & Woodland Division | D007 | 1.B.1.Nc |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.1.Nc.1 California Live Oak - California Laurel - Western Cypress species Forest & Woodland Macrogroup | M009 | 1.B.1.Nc.1 |
| Group | 1.B.1.Nc.1.a California Live Oak - Valley Oak - California Laurel Forest & Woodland Group | G195 | 1.B.1.Nc.1.a |
| Alliance | A3349 Canyon Live Oak - California Black Oak Forest & Woodland Alliance | A3349 | 1.B.1.Nc.1.a |
| Association | CEGL008618 California Black Oak - Incense-cedar Forest | CEGL008618 | 1.B.1.Nc.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Quercus kelloggii - Calocedrus decurrens (Sawyer et al. 2009) [71.010.21]
= Quercus kelloggii - Calocedrus decurrens Forest (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Quercus kelloggii - Calocedrus decurrens Forest [Provisional] (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
= Quercus kelloggii - Calocedrus decurrens Forest (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Quercus kelloggii - Calocedrus decurrens Forest [Provisional] (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
- Keeler-Wolf, T. 2002. Classification of the vegetation of Yosemite National Park and surrounding environs in Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera and Mono counties, California. NatureServe in cooperation with the California Native Plant Society and California Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA. August 2002.
- Keeler-Wolf, T., M. Schindel, S. San, P. Moore, and D. Hickson. 2003a. Classification of the vegetation of Yosemite National Park and surrounding environs in Tuolumne, Mariposa, Madera and Mono counties, California. Unpublished report by NatureServe in cooperation with the California Native Plant Society and California Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, Sacramento, CA.
- Keeler-Wolf, T., P. E. Moore, E. T. Reyes, J. M. Menke, D. N. Johnson, and D. L. Karavidas. 2012. Yosemite National Park vegetation classification and mapping project report. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/YOSE/NRTR--2012/598. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO.
- Sawyer, J. O., T. Keeler-Wolf, and J. Evens. 2009. A manual of California vegetation. Second edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento CA. 1300 pp.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.