Name:
Quercus garryana var. fruticosa Shrubland Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance consists of stands of the shrub form of <i>Quercus garryana var. fruticosa</i> where it is dominant or codominant with <i>Amelanchier utahensis, Arctostaphylos nevadensis, Arctostaphylos patula, Ceanothus cordulatus, Ceanothus cuneatus, Ceanothus integerrimus, Ceanothus velutinus, Cercis canadensis var. texensis, Cercocarpus montanus, Clematis lasiantha, Fraxinus dipetala, Prunus emarginata, Prunus subcordata, Quercus berberidifolia, Quercus vacciniifolia</i>, and <i>Toxicodendron diversilobum</i>. Emergent <i>Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus kelloggii, Quercus wislizeni</i>, or <i>Pinus sabiniana</i> trees may be present at sparse cover. Shrubs are <5 m in height, and the canopy is intermittent to continuous. The herbaceous layer is usually open and grassy. This alliance occurs in the northern Coast Ranges, Klamath Mountains, Modoc Plateau, Sierra Nevada and foothills, and southern Cascades of California, and is likely to occur in Oregon. Habitats are ridges and upper slopes, and may be steep and rocky. Elevation is 450-1800 m. Since most stands are on thin soils, they tend to be invaded slowly by conifers, if at all.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39129-{79865553-41DE-46E0-931F-2CC9AA1FD66B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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