A Vegetation Classification System Applied to Southern CaliforniaU.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1980 - Vegetation classification - 33 pages |
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associated species Baja California Calif California Sonoran Desert Ceanothus Chamise Channel Islands Chaparral chaparral shrubs Chaparral Subformation climate regions Closed Forest Formation Coast Redwood coastal Conifer Conifer Forest Subformation Conifer Woodland Cottonwood County south crown cover Cryptogam cypress deciduous dense stands Distribution dominant overstory species dominant species Dominant vegetation drought-deciduous east to Texas elements elevations environmental feet Figure foothills Forb fornia grass herbaceous Herbaceous Formation herbaceous understory Interior Live Oak Inyo County Jeffrey pine Juniper layer Limber Pine Live Oak Series Manzanita Mojave Desert Mountains Oak Series Vegetation occur worldwide occurs throughout Opuntia Oregon percent perennial Pine Series Vegetation Pinus pinyon pine plant community Quercus relict stands riparian habitats Sagebrush San Bernardino San Diego County Santa Barbara County Series fig Series occurs Series Vegetation shrubs Soft Chaparral Sonoran Desert south to Baja southern California sparse tion understory Vegetation Classification System white fir Willow Woodland Subformation