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CEGL008603 Quercus chrysolepis / Dryopteris arguta Forest

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Canyon Live Oak / Coastal Woodfern 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 low elevations (823-1372 m [2700-4500 feet]) on the mid to upper portions of linear, concave, and undulating, southwest- to north-facing, moderate to steep (15-40°) slopes. Soils tend to be poorly developed with some exposed bedrock, large rocks, and small rocks. Soil textures are usually sandy loam but range from sandy loam to loam and are of igneous, granitic parent material. Drainage is somewhat poor to rapidly draining. Litter ranges from 40-77% cover. Disturbance at these sites tends to be low.

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: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: This forest association is currently only known from Yosemite National Park in California. Additional range information will be added as it becomes available.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  CA




Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G3?

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Quercus chrysolepis / Dryopteris arguta (Sawyer et al. 2009) [71.050.17]
= Quercus chrysolepis / Dryopteris arguta Forest (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
< Quercus chrysolepis-Umbellularia californica Forest (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)

Concept Author(s): T. Keeler-Wolf (2002)

Author of Description: S. San

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 05-05-10

  • 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.