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A.587 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.587
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance is latitudinally widely distributed, known from the valleys of northwestern California to montane habitats in the southern part of the state. Depending upon local moisture conditions and fire history, this vegetation can occur on ridges with stony, excessively drained soils or moist swales with fine soils and subirrigation. Vegetation is this alliance is characterized by the presence of tree-sized ~Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber$ in the upper canopy. Tree associates include many different species of ~Quercus, Juniperus$, and ~Pinus$ depending on location. The shrub layer is variable in density and species composition. Characteristic shrubs include several species of ~Ceanothus$ and ~Arctostaphylos, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Artemisia tridentata, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Frangula californica (= Rhamnus californica), Garrya fremontii, Purshia tridentata, Rhamnus ilicifolia, Quercus garryana var. breweri$, and ~Quercus berberidifolia$. Diagnostic of this woodland alliance is the presence of large (>5 m tall) ~Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber$ codominating the tree canopy. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2231.A587
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: II.A.5.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Mountain-mahogany Woodland Alliance
  Scientific: CERCOCARPUS MONTANUS WOODLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.587
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Cercocarpus montanus Woodland Alliance