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DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE

SPECIES: Sequoia sempervirens | Redwood
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : Redwood is endemic to the coastal area of northern California and southwestern Oregon. The redwoods occupy a narrow strip of land approximately 450 miles (724 km) in length and 5 to 35 miles (8-56 km) in width. The northern boundary of its range is marked by two groves on the Chetco River in the Siskiyou Mountains within 15 miles (25 km) of the California-Oregon border [22,40]. The southern boundary of redwood's range is marked by a grove in Salmon Creek Canyon in the Santa Lucia Mountains of southern Monterey County, California [40]. ECOSYSTEMS : FRES20 Douglas-fir FRES27 Redwood STATES : CA OR HI ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : MUWO PORE REDW BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 1 Northern Pacific Border 3 Southern Pacific Border KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : K002 Cedar - hemlock - Douglas-fir forest K006 Redwood forest K028 Mosaic of K002 and K026 K029 California mixed evergreen forest SAF COVER TYPES : 229 Pacific Douglas-fir 231 Port-Orford-cedar 232 Redwood 234 Douglas-fir - tanoak - Pacific madrone SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : NO-ENTRY HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : Redwood is listed as a dominant or codominant overstory species in the following publications: Coast redwood ecological types of southern Montery County, California [11]. Terrestrial natural communities of California [26]. The redwood forest and associated north coast forests [58]. Forest associations of Little Lost Man Creek, Humboldt County, California: Reference-level in the hierarchical struture of old-growth coastal redwood vegetaion [30]. Preliminary plant associations of the Siskiyou Mountain Province [5]. Tanoak series of the Siskiyou Region of southwest Oregon [6].

Related categories for Species: Sequoia sempervirens | Redwood

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