DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Pickeringia montana | Chaparral Pea 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Chaparral pea is endemic to California.  It is distributed in the Coast
Ranges from the Santa Monica Mountains north to Mendocino County, and in
the foothills of the Sierra Nevada from Nevada County north to Butte
County.  It is also found on Santa Cruz Island.  Pickeringia montana
ssp. tomentosa occurs in the mountains of eastern San Diego County and
in the San Bernadino Mountains [16,20].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub


STATES : 
     CA


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CHIS  LAVO  PINN  SAMO


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    3  Southern Pacific Border
    4  Sierra Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K029  California mixed evergreen forest
   K030  California oakwoods
   K033  Chaparral
   K035  Coastal sagebrush
   K037  Mountain-mahogany - oak scrub


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   234  Douglas-fir - tanoak - Pacific madrone
   248  Knobcone pine
   249  Canyon live oak
   250  Blue oak - Digger pine
   255  California coast live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Chaparral pea occurs in mixed chaparral but is not usually dominant.  It
may be a minor component of seral chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)
chaparral or California mixed evergreen forest [9,12,16,24].

Related categories for Species: Pickeringia montana | Chaparral Pea