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CEGL008672 Pinus ponderosa - Calocedrus decurrens / Chamaebatia foliolosa Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Ponderosa Pine - Incense-cedar / Mountain Misery 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 are found at submesic sites at mid elevations (1770-1950 m [5800-6400 feet]) on the mid to upper portions of south- to southwest-facing slopes. These sites tend to be undulating to linear and gentle to moderately steep (0-14°). These sites generally have well-developed but occasionally poorly developed soils with textures ranging from rocky, gravelly loam to loam of granitic parent material. Penetrability tends to be easy to moderate, and soil depths are medium to deep. Stands form a two-story structure with an intermittent to nearly closed tree layer dominated by Pinus ponderosa and Calocedrus decurrens, and a shrub layer dominated by Chamaebatia foliolosa and sometimes with Arctostaphylos patula with highly variable cover depending on overstory cover.
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 association is only known from Yosemite National Park. Information about its global characteristics is not available without additional inventory.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687563
Confidence Level: Moderate
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.2 Cool Temperate Forest & Woodland Formation | F008 | 1.B.2 |
| Division | 1.B.2.Nd Vancouverian Forest & Woodland Division | D192 | 1.B.2.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.2.Nd.2 Incense-cedar - Jeffrey Pine - Sierra White Fir Forest Macrogroup | M023 | 1.B.2.Nd.2 |
| Group | 1.B.2.Nd.2.a Incense-cedar - Sugar Pine - Sierra White Fir Forest & Woodland Group | G344 | 1.B.2.Nd.2.a |
| Alliance | A3673 Ponderosa Pine - Incense-cedar - Douglas-fir Forest Alliance | A3673 | 1.B.2.Nd.2.a |
| Association | CEGL008672 Ponderosa Pine - Incense-cedar / Mountain Misery Forest | CEGL008672 | 1.B.2.Nd.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Pinus ponderosa - Calocedrus decurrens / Chamaebatia foliosa (Sawyer et al. 2009) [87.015.03]
= Pinus ponderosa -Calocedrus decurrens/Chamaebatia foliolosa Forest (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
= Pinus ponderosa -Calocedrus decurrens/Chamaebatia foliolosa Forest (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
- 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.