DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Festuca californica | California Fescue 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
California fescue occurs in the Coast Ranges from southwestern Oregon to
San Luis Obispo County, California [9].  It occurs in the Cascade Range
from Clackamas County, Oregon, south into California to the north
and central Sierra Nevada [5,6,7].  Festuca californica var. parishii
occurs as a disjunct population in the San Bernardino Mountains,
California [5,10].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES27  Redwood
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub
   FRES36  Mountain grasslands


STATES : 
     CA  OR


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     PINN  PORE  REDW  WHIS


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    2  Cascade Mountains
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    4  Sierra Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K005  Mixed conifer forest
   K006  Redwood forest
   K012  Douglas-fir forest
   K029  California mixed evergreen forest
   K030  California oakwoods
   K033  Chaparral
   K034  Montane chaparral
   K047  Fescue - oatgrass


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   229  Pacific Douglas-fir
   232  Redwood
   234  Douglas-fir - tanoak - Pacific madrone
   243  Sierra Nevada mixed conifer
   244  Pacific ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir
   245  Pacific ponderosa pine
   255  California coast live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
California fescue is associated with tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) in
the Coast Ranges of California and southwestern Oregon.  Other species
associated with California fescue in these areas include chinquapin
(Chrysolepsis chrysophylla), canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepsis),
California black oak (Q. kelloggii), California bay (Umbellularia
californica), blueblossom (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus), California hazel
(Corylus cornuta var. californica), salal (Gaultheria shallon), Pacific
bayberry (Myrica californica), Pacific rhododendron (Rhododendron
macrophyllum), flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum), thimbleberry (Rubus
parviflorus), evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum), prince's-pine
(Chimaphila umbellata var. occidentalis), dwarf Oregon-grape (Berberis
nervosa), bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare), western whipplea (Whipplea
modesta), California brome (Bromus carinatus), and California sweetgrass
(Hierochloe occidentalis) [13].

Related categories for Species: Festuca californica | California Fescue