DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Abies bracteata | Bristlecone Fir 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Bristlecone fir is restricted to the Santa Lucia Mountains of the
central California coast in Monterey County, and possibly in extreme
northwestern San Luis Obispo County.  The San Luis Obispo County
population was not found after a fire occurred in the area [6,20].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES28  Western hardwoods


STATES : 
     CA


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
NO-ENTRY


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    3  Southern Pacific Border


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K005  Mixed conifer forest
   K030  California oakwoods


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   234  Douglas-fir - tanoak - Pacific madrone
   249  Canyon live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Bristlecone fir occurs in the mixed evergreen forest of the Santa Lucia
Range.  This foreset is consideres as (Quercus agrifolia), canyon live
oak (Q. chrysolepis), California black oak (Q. kelloggii), (Q.
wislizenii), and tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus).  Mature stands of
bristlecone fir are almost restricted to the canyon live oak phase of
the mixed evergreen forest [27].

Bristlecone fir also occurs with sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), tanoak,
Pacific ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa var.  ponderosa), and
incense-cedar (Liboocedrus decurrens) [1].

Related categories for Species: Abies bracteata | Bristlecone Fir