Name:
Quercus agrifolia - Umbellularia californica - Hesperocyparis spp. Forest & Woodland Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup consists of savannas, woodlands, and forests dominated by warm-temperate and Mediterranean climate endemic oak and conifer species within California, Oregon below approximately 2500 m (8200 feet) in elevation. They include the oak woodlands of <i>Quercus agrifolia, Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus douglasii, Quercus kelloggii, Quercus lobata, Quercus garryana, Quercus tomentella, Quercus wislizeni</i>; oaks mixed with <i>Pinus ponderosa</i> or <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii</i>; stands of rare endemic coniferous forests including cypresses <i>Hesperocyparis abramsiana, Hesperocyparis bakeri, Hesperocyparis forbesii, Hesperocyparis goveniana, Hesperocyparis macnabiana, Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, Hesperocyparis nevadensis, Hesperocyparis pigmaea, Hesperocyparis stephensonii, Hesperocyparis sargentii</i>, and pines <i>Pinus sabiniana, Pinus quadrifolia, Pinus coulteri, Pinus attenuata, Pinus muricata, Pinus torreyana</i>, and <i>Pinus radiata</i> (the last in native, non-plantation or naturalized stands). Other slightly more mesic forests include mixed coniferous and broad-leaved evergreen trees including <i>Pseudotsuga menziesii, Quercus chrysolepis, Notholithocarpus densiflorus, Arbutus menziesii, Umbellularia californica</i>, and <i>Chrysolepis chrysophylla</i>. Additional species may dominate the upper tree layer with some of the aforementioned species.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40440-{0264B517-F104-4BE7-A5C3-845E9616581B}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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