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CEGL008694 Pinus ponderosa - Quercus kelloggii / Arctostaphylos viscida Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Ponderosa Pine - California Black Oak / Sticky Whiteleaf Manzanita Woodland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This ponderosa pine woodland association is currently known from Yosemite National Park in California but is likely to occur throughout the Sierra Nevada and perhaps elsewhere in northern California. It is also reported from the Klamath Mountains of Oregon. The following description is based on occurrences at Yosemite National Park. Additional global information will be added as it becomes available. Stands are found at relatively xeric sites at low elevations (520-1370 m [1700-4500 feet]) on the low to high portions of mostly south- to southwest-facing (and occasionally northeast-facing at the lowest elevations), gentle to moderately steep (7-16°), mostly linear mountain slopes. Soils are poorly developed and fairly rocky with textures ranging from sandy loam to clay loam from metamorphic and granitic parent material. Soils are somewhat poorly drained to well-drained. Litter is high. This association is dominated by Pinus ponderosa in the open to intermittent overstory tree layer and Arctostaphylos viscida in the open to continuous understory shrub layer. Often present in the overstory are Pinus lambertiana and Quercus kelloggii. Pinus attenuata and Quercus wislizeni may occasionally be found contributing minor cover. Often in the shrub layer is Toxicodendron diversilobum. Bromus diandrus, Galium parisiense, Hypochaeris glabra, and Vulpia myuros common. Quercus kelloggii in either seedling, sapling (shrubby) or tree form is a constant, although at usually relatively low cover. A variety of other species may also be found contributing minor cover including Comandra umbellata ssp. californica, Bromus hordeaceus, Chamaebatia foliolosa, Clarkia purpurea, Eriogonum nudum, Lessingia leptoclada, Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus, Streptanthus tortuosus, Stephanomeria virgata, and Trifolium wormskioldii.
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 currently described from Yosemite National Park but is likely to occur throughout the Sierra Nevada and perhaps elsewhere in northern California. It is also reported from the Klamath Mountains of Oregon. Information about its global characteristics is not available without additional inventory.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA, OR
Plot Analysis Summary:
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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 | CEGL008694 Ponderosa Pine - California Black Oak / Sticky Whiteleaf Manzanita Woodland | CEGL008694 | 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: = Pinus ponderosa - Quercus chrysolepis / Arctostaphylos viscida (Sawyer et al. 2009) [71.050.31]
= Pinus ponderosa - Quercus kelloggii / Arctostaphylos viscida Woodland (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Pinus ponderosa - Quercus kelloggii/Arctostaphylos viscida Woodland [Provisional] (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
= Pinus ponderosa - Quercus kelloggii / Arctostaphylos viscida Woodland (Keeler-Wolf 2002)
= Pinus ponderosa - Quercus kelloggii/Arctostaphylos viscida Woodland [Provisional] (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2012)
- Kagan, J. S., J. A. Christy, M. P. Murray, and J. A. Titus. 2004. Classification of native vegetation of Oregon. January 2004. Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center, Portland. 52 pp.
- 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.