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Pinus sabiniana - Quercus wislizeni / Ceanothus cuneatus Woodland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Pinus sabiniana - Quercus wislizeni / Ceanothus cuneatus Woodland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This woodland 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 of this woodland are found at xeric sites at low elevations (425-670 m [1400-2200 feet]) on the low to mid portions of south- to southwest- and sometimes northeast-facing, steep to somewhat steep slopes. Soils tend to be rocky, moderately well-developed with textures that range from sandy loam to clay loam. Parent material includes granite, diorite, slate, phyllite, igneous, and metamorphic rock. Soils are well-drained to rapidly draining. Fire tends to be fairly common. Disturbance from exotics ranges from low to high. This association has an intermittent tree layer dominated by <i>Pinus sabiniana</i> and <i>Quercus wislizeni</i> and an open understory shrub layer dominated by <i>Ceanothus cuneatus</i>. Also found in this association contributing to less cover are <i>Toxicodendron diversilobum, Vulpia myuros, Bromus diandrus, Hypochaeris glabra, Avena barbata, Melica californica</i>, and <i>Pentagramma triangularis</i>. Other species contributing to minor amounts of cover may include <i>Arctostaphylos viscida, Aira caryophyllea, Symphoricarpos mollis, Trifolium microcephalum, Pellaea mucronata, Bromus tectorum, Bromus arenarius</i>, and <i>Selaginella hansenii</i>. <i>Eriophyllum congdonii</i> is a rare species that may be found contributing to very little cover in this association. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:36681-{404DC82E-ECF1-45FF-AE8C-4290E84D453C}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 4
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 06-May-2010 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686300 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL008635
  Translated: California Foothill Pine - Interior Live Oak / Buckbrush Woodland
  Scientific: Pinus sabiniana - Quercus wislizeni / Ceanothus cuneatus Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL008635
(similar) Pinus sabiniana - Quercus wislizeni / Ceanothus cuneatus Woodland
(similar) Pinus sabiniana - Quercus wislizeni / Ceanothus cuneatus Woodland