DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Pinus radiata | Monterey Pine 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The typical variety of Monterey pine occurs along the coast of
California in three disjunct populations in San Mateo and Santa Cruz
counties, Monterey County, and San Luis Obispo County.  Pinus radiata
var. binata occurs on Guadalupe Island, Mexico [12,32,33,35,42].  Pinus
radiata var. cedrosensis is found on Cedros Island, Mexico [10,12,38].

Monterey pine is cultivated for timber in Maui, Hawaii [33].  It is also
widely planted for timber in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa,
Chile, Spain, and the British Isles [33,35,41,46,51].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES28  Western hardwoods
   FRES34  Chaparral - mountain shrub


STATES : 
     CA  HI  MEXICO


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     CHIS  HALE  REDW


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    3  Southern Pacific Border


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K009  Pine - cypress forest
   K030  California oakwoods


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   255  California coast live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Monterey pine is part of the coastal closed-cone coniferous woodland
[23].  It is named as a dominant canopy member in the following
publications:

Terrestrial natural communities of California [23]
A vegetation classification system applied to southern California [44]
Vascular plant communities of California [50]
The closed cone pines and cypress [52]

Associated trees not mentioned in distribution and occurrence are Gowen
cypress (Cupressus goveniana var. goveniana), Monterey cypress (C.
macrocarpa), Santa Cruz cypress (C. goveniana var. abramsiana), Tecate
cypress (C. guadalupensis var. forbesii), bishop pine (Pinus muricata),
and Pacific madrone (Arbutus mensiesii) [23,36,50,52].  Understory
associates include woolyleaf manzanita (Arctostaphylos tomentosa),
California huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum), poison-oak (Toxicodendron
diversiloba), El Dorado bedstraw (Galium californicum), thingrass
(Agrostis diegoensis), and blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus) [23,52].

Related categories for Species: Pinus radiata | Monterey Pine