DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Calocedrus decurrens | Incense-Cedar 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Incense-cedar is generally found from the southern slope of Mount Hood,
Oregon, southward through the Siskiyou, Klamath, and Warner mountains,
Cascade and Coast ranges, and from the Sierra Nevada to the Hanson
Laguna and Sierra de San Pedro Martir ranges in Baja, California.
Incense-cedar is most common in the Sierra Nevada, occurring
individually or in small groups [19].  It is cultivated in Hawaii [30].



ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES20  Douglas-fir
   FRES21  Ponderosa pine
   FRES28  Western hardwoods


STATES : 
     CA  HI  NV  OR  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CRLA  DEPO  KICA  LAVO  LABE  REDW
     SEQU  WHIS  YOSE


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


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K002  Cedar - hemlock - Douglas-fir forest
   K005  Mixed conifer forest
   K006  Redwood forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   229  Pacific Douglas-fir
   230  Douglas-fir - western hemlock
   233  Oregon white oak
   234  Douglas-fir - tanoak - Pacific madrone
   243  Sierra Nevada mixed conifer
   244  Pacific ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir
   245  Pacific ponderosa pine
   246  California black oak
   247  Jeffrey pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
On dry, shady sites, incense-cedar is considered climax due in part to
its relative tolerance of shade.  In the northern Oregon Cascades,
however, incense-cedar typically grows as a minor component of stands
dominated by western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), western redcedar (Thuja
plicata), and grand fir (Abies grandis) [1].

Typically, incense-cedar is found in mixed-forest types and rarely in
pure stands.  Overstory associates found throughout its range include
white fir (Abies concolor), ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), Jeffrey
pine (P. jeffreyi), sugar pine (P. lambertiana), and California black
oak (Quercus kelloggii) [19].

A publication listing incense-cedar as a dominant species in a plant
association is:

Preliminary plant associations of the southern Oregon Cascade Mountain
  Province [2]

Related categories for Species: Calocedrus decurrens | Incense-Cedar