Name:
Hesperocyparis spp. - Pinus spp. Forest & Woodland Group
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This group consists of California endemic coniferous forests and woodlands below about 2450 m (8000 feet) elevation throughout California, primarily found along the immediate coast or within the coastal ranges facing the Great Valley. Dominant conifers include cypresses <i>Hesperocyparis abramsiana, Hesperocyparis bakeri, Hesperocyparis forbesii, Hesperocyparis goveniana, Hesperocyparis macnabiana, Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, Hesperocyparis nevadensis, Hesperocyparis pigmaea, Hesperocyparis sargentii</i>, and <i>Hesperocyparis stephensonii</i>; pines <i>Pinus sabiniana, Pinus quadrifolia, Pinus coulteri, Pinus attenuata, Pinus muricata, Pinus torreyana</i>, and <i>Pinus radiata</i> (native, non-plantation stands). The component alliances are characteristic of the warm summer-dry California Floristic Province. These are conifer-dominated forests and woodlands that are for the most part pure or mixed stands of conifer species, but can have limited oaks and other broadleaf tree species in the canopy. The group includes closed-cone cypress and pine trees along the coast, in the Coast Ranges from northern California into Baja California, clumps of pine towering over chaparral shrublands, and open woodlands on serpentine soils. These stands occupy gentle to steep foothill slopes, alluvial fans, streamside terraces, or valleys, often intermixed with stands of chaparral. Soils vary in fertility, typically are dry, derived from granitic, sandstone or serpentine substrates, and are often shallow, stony, sandy, silty, infertile, and moderately to excessively drained. Stands occur from sea level to 2450 m in elevation.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39997-{674C73DF-3589-4414-B664-A4C58BC7D0CA}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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