DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Pinemat Manzanita 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Pinemat manzanita is distributed from the Cascade Range in Washington
south through the North Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada of California
and east to the Blue Mountains of Washington and Oregon [12,25].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES22  Western white pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES26  Lodgepole pine
   FRES27  Redwood
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub


STATES : 
     CA  OR  WA


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CRLA  KICA  LAVO  MORA  NOCA  REDW
     SEQU  WHIS  YOSE


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


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K002  Cedar - hemlock - Douglas-fir forest
   K003  Silver fir - Douglas-fir forest
   K004  Fir - hemlock forest
   K005  Mixed conifer forest
   K006  Redwood forest
   K007  Red fir forest
   K008  Lodgepole pine - subalpine forest
   K010  Ponderosa shrub forest
   K011  Western ponderosa forest
   K012  Douglas-fir forest
   K015  Western spruce - fir forest
   K029  California mixed evergreen forest
   K034  Montane chaparral


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   205  Mountain hemlock
   206  Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir
   207  Red fir
   208  Whitebark pine
   211  White fir
   213  Grand fir
   218  Lodgepole pine
   219  Limber pine
   229  Pacific Douglas-fir
   230  Douglas-fir - western hemlock
   231  Port-Orford-cedar
   234  Douglas-fir - tanoak - Pacific madrone
   238  Western juniper
   243  Sierra Nevada mixed conifer
   244  Pacific ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir
   245  Pacific ponderosa pine
   247  Jeffrey pine
   248  Knobcone pine
   256  California mixed subalpine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Pinemat manzanita is a common dominant of montane chaparral and
understories of west coast coniferous forests [2,22,24,36].

Overstory associates not listed in Distribution and Occurrence are
foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana), shore pine (P. contorta var.
contorta), Washoe pine (P. washoensis), Brewer spruce (Picea
breweriana), golden chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla), tanoak
(Lithocarpus densiflora), and California bay (Umbellularia californica)
[19,32,34].

Understory shrub associates include greenleaf manzanita (Arctostaphylos
patula), bearberry (A. uva-ursi), antelope bitterbrush (Purshia
tridentata), Fremont silktassel (Garrya fremontii), huckleberry oak
(Quercus vaccinifolia), snowbrush (Ceanothus velutinous), squaw carpet
(C. prostraus), mountain big sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata var.
vaseyana), Oregon-grape (Mahonia nervosa), blue huckleberry (Vaccinium
membranaceum), and prince's pine (Chimaphila umbellata) [5,14,24,32,37].

Herbaceous associates are long-stolon sedge (Carex pensylvanica),
California fescue (Festuca californica), Lemmon needlegrass (Stipa
lemmoni), Hall bentgrass (Agrostis hallii), Rocky Mountain gentian
(Gentiana affinis), purple mountain parsley (Oreonana purpurascens),
spreading phlox (Phlox diffusa), and Brewer lupine (Lupinus breweri)
[15,26].

Publications naming pinemat manzanita as a dominant component of forest
understories are as follows:

Preliminary plant associations of the southern Oregon Cascade Mountain
  Province [2]
Terrestrial natural communities of California [13]
Plant associations of south Chiloquin and Klamath Ranger
  Districts--Winema National Forests [14]
Montane and subalpine vegetation of the Klamath Mountains [32]
Plant associations of the central Oregon Pumice Zone [37]

Related categories for Species: Arctostaphylos nevadensis | Pinemat Manzanita