DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Chamaebatia foliolosa | Sierra Mountain Misery 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Sierra mountain misery is distributed along western slopes of the
Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County south to Kern
County, California [24,29].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES28  Western hardwoods


STATES : 
     CA


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     KICA  LAVO  SEQU  YOSE


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    4  Sierra Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K005  Mixed conifer forest
   K007  Red fir forest
   K010  Ponderosa shrub forest
   K011  Western ponderosa forest
   K030  California oakwoods


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   207  Red fir
   211  White fir
   243  Sierra Nevada mixed conifer
   244  Pacific ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir
   245  Pacific ponderosa pine
   246  California black oak
   247  Jeffrey pine
   249  Canyon live oak
   250  Blue oak - Digger pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Sierra mountain misery clones form a low-growing layer in open ponderosa
pine (Pinus ponderosa) and mixed coniferous forests [29].  Stands occur
in patches, providing from 20 to 90 percent cover [30].  In the Challenge
Experimental Forest of the Plumas National Forest, density in the mixed
coniferous forest is as high as 17,068 stems per acre (42,175 stems/ha)
[15].

In California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) forests, Sierra mountain
misery frequently codominates the understory with whiteleaf manzanita
(Arctostaphylos viscida) and greenleaf manzanita (A. patula) [25].

Publications listing Sierra mountain misery as a dominant understory
species are as follows:

     Profiles of California vegetation [7]
     Montane and subalpine vegetation of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade
       Ranges [28]    

Related categories for Species: Chamaebatia foliolosa | Sierra Mountain Misery