Mixed coniferous forest
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Mixed coniferous forest is a
upper montane
vegetation type.
Sierra Nevada range
In the
Cornus spp.), Mountain Misery (Chamaebatia foliolosa), and Manzanitas (Arctostaphylos spp.).[1] Precipitation in areas of this vegetation type is 25–80 inches (640–2,030 mm), much of this falling as snow.[1] Growing season is about seven months, in areas with summer high temperatures of 80–90 °F (27–32 °C), and winter lows of 22–34 °F (−6–1 °C).[1]
See also
- Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest
See also
- USFS Joint Fire Science Program: Defining Mixed Conifer forest — in the Southwestern plateaus and uplands; the Central and Southern Rocky Mountains; the Sierra Nevada; and the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges in Southern California.
- USDA Forest Service: Mixed Conifer Forest
- NPS.gov: Mixed Conifer Forest in Bandelier National Monument — New Mexico.
- Colorado State Forest Service: Mixed Conifer Forest
- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Mixed coniferous-deciduous forest
- U.S. Forest Service: Cascade Mixed Forest--Coniferous Forest--Alpine Meadow Province — Pacific Northwest.
- The Forest Foundation: Restoring mixed-conifer forests
- Las Pilitas Native Plant Nursery Database: Info on California mixed evergreen forest
- Plant Communities of Mount Diablo - Mixed Evergreen Forest
References
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