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Pinus ponderosa - Quercus garryana / Carex geyeri Woodland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Pinus ponderosa - Quercus garryana / Carex geyeri Woodland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This is a mixed conifer - deciduous broad-leaved woodland association confined to the eastern Cascades foothills near the Columbia River gorge. These sites are generally found along lower treeline on slopes or ridgetops between 520 and 945 m (1700-3100 feet) elevation. The existing vegetation is characterized by a tall <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> layer over a shorter <i>Quercus garryana</i> layer. The tree canopy is mostly open and only rarely approaches being a closed stand. <i>Quercus garryana</i> may form clones that are 'closed patches' within a stand. <i>Quercus garryana</i> may dominate a shrub layer which usually has few shrub species. The herbaceous layer is patchy and dominated by graminoids, primarily <i>Carex geyeri</i> with <i>Festuca idahoensis</i> or <i>Bromus tectorum</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.32833.CEGL000882
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
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  Translated: Ponderosa Pine - Oregon White Oak / Geyer's Sedge Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus ponderosa - Quercus garryana / Carex geyeri Woodland
  Code: CEGL000882