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A.784 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.784
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This shrubland alliance of the mountains of Oregon and California occurs along ridges and upper slopes between 700 and 3300 m elevation. Stands are normally found on thin, rocky soils. This alliance grows in a climate with long, dry summers and wet winters. Average yearly precipitation totals vary from roughly 62 cm in the northern end of the range to 40 cm in the southern Sierra Nevada. ~Quercus vacciniifolia$ is the sole or dominant plant in the shrub canopy. Other shrubs may include ~Prunus emarginata, Chrysolepis sempervirens (= Castanopsis sempervirens), Symphoricarpos mollis, Garrya fremontii, Arctostaphylos patula, Arctostaphylos nevadensis, Ceanothus cordulatus, Ceanothus velutinus, Quercus sadleriana$, and ~Amelanchier alnifolia$. Emergent conifers may be present. The herbaceous layer is sparse. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2415.A784
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: III.A.2.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: QUERCUS VACCINIIFOLIA SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.784
  Common: Huckleberry Oak Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Quercus vacciniifolia Shrubland Alliance