DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Pinus contorta var. contorta | Shore Pine 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Shore pine occurs along the Pacific Coast from Yakutat Bay, Alaska,
south through the Coast Ranges to Mendocino County, California
[9,10,24,31,33].  In the eastern part of its range, shore pine occurs
intermittently with Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine in the Cascade Range
of northwestern Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska [38].  Shore
pine is also found in the Klamath Mountains of Oregon and California
[49].





ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES23  Fir - spruce
   FRES24  Hemlock - Sitka spruce
   FRES26  Lodgepole pine
   FRES27  Redwood
   FRES28  Western hardwoods


STATES : 
     AK  CA  HI  OR  WA  BC


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     GLBA  OLYM  REDW  SAJH  WRST


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    1  Northern Pacific Border
    3  Southern Pacific Border


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K001  Spruce - cedar - hemlock forest
   K003  Silver fir - Douglas-fir forest
   K004  Fir - hemlock forest
   K006  Redwood forest
   K008  Lodgepole pine - subalpine forest
   K009  Pine - cypress forest
   K013  Cedar - hemlock - pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   205  Mountain hemlock
   206  Engelmann spruce - subalpine fir
   215  Western white pine
   218  Lodgepole pine
   223  Sitka spruce
   224  Western hemlock
   225  Western hemlock - Sitka spruce
   226  Coastal true fir - hemlock
   227  Western redcedar - western hemlock
   228  Western redcedar
   232  Redwood
   255  California coast live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Shore pine is a dominant species in the northern part of its range.
Farther south, shore pine is a codominant or subdominant species.  In
mixed stands, shore pine may form scrubby thickets or sparse to dense
groves.  Other vegetation is usually sparse [1,48].

Shore pine is listed as an indicator in the following published
classifications:

  Provisional plant community types of southeastern Alaska [1]
  A classification system for California's hardwood rangelands [2]
  Preliminary forest plant association management guide [11]
  Preliminary forest plant associations of the Stikine Area, Tongass
    National Forest [42]
  The Alaska vegetation classification system [46]
  The closed-cone pine and cypresses [48].

Related categories for Species: Pinus contorta var. contorta | Shore Pine