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DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE

SPECIES: Fremontodendron californicum | Flannelbush
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Flannelbush is widespread in California. It extends eastward into central Arizona and southward into northern Baja California, Mexico [18,23,33,37,38]. ECOSYSTEMS : FRES21 Ponderosa pine FRES34 Chaparral - mountain shrub FRES35 Pinyon - juniper STATES : AZ CA MEXICO ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : SEQU BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 3 Southern Pacific Border 4 Sierra Mountains 7 Lower Basin and Range 12 Colorado Plateau KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : K023 Juniper - pinyon woodland K030 California oakwoods K031 Oak - juniper woodlands K033 Chaparral SAF COVER TYPES : 237 Interior ponderosa pine 239 Pinyon - juniper 240 Arizona cypress 241 Western live oak 245 Pacific ponderosa pine SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : Flannelbush is a member of dry temperate sclerophyllous floras and is a characteristic species of chaparral [3,19]. It is a dominant shrub of desert chaparral communities which also finger into desert scrub or pinyon-juniper (Pinus spp.-Juniperus spp.) communities [6,17,18]. Additionally, it is found in chamise (Adenostoma fasciculata) chaparral and northern mixed chaparral, and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) communities of California [9,19,42]. Flannelbush is a dominant or indicator species in the following publications: (1) Vegetation types of the San Gabriel Mountains [16] (2) Preliminary descriptions of the terrestrial natural communities of California [19] (3) Vegetation of the San Bernardino Mountains [31]. Flannelbush is associated with numerous species listed in descriptions of ecosystems, Kuchler plant associations, or SAF cover types. Two species that are associated with flannelbush but not mentioned in those descriptions are desert almond (Prunus fasciculata) and bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida) [16].

Related categories for Species: Fremontodendron californicum | Flannelbush

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