- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
-
ONE The History of Vegetation Classification and Mapping in California -
TWO Climate, Paleoclimate, and Paleovegetation -
THREE California Soils and Examples of Ultramafic Vegetation -
FOUR Nonnative Plants of California -
FIVE Estuarine Wetlands -
SIX Beach and Dune -
SEVEN Northern Coastal Scrub and Coastal Prairie -
EIGHT Sage Scrub -
NINE The California Channel Islands -
TEN Forests of Northwestern California -
ELEVEN Closed-Cone Pine and Cypress Forests -
TWELVE Oak Woodlands and Forests -
THIRTEEN Chaparral -
FOURTEEN Valley Grassland -
FIFTEEN Vernal Pools -
SIXTEEN Riparian Vegetation of the Great Valley -
SEVENTEEN Montane and Subalpine Vegetation of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges -
EIGHTEEN Southern California Conifer Forests -
NINETEEN Alpine Vegetation -
TWENTY Transmontane Coniferous Vegetation -
TWENTY ONE Sagebrush Steppe -
TWENTY TWO Mojave Desert Scrub Vegetation -
TWENTY THREE Colorado Desert Vegetation - Epilogue
- Species Index
- General Index
Alpine Vegetation
Alpine Vegetation
- Chapter:
- (p.539) NINETEEN Alpine Vegetation
- Source:
- Terrestrial Vegetation of California, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
John O. Sawyer
Todd Keeler-Wolf
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter discusses the occurrence of alpine vegetation in California—including high-elevation patterns of nonforested vegetation, which is considered to be either alpine or subalpine—and considers three alpine landscapes in California: coastal mountain, Sierra Nevada, and Great Basin. It also describes the floristic relationships, timberline conditions, and vegetation patterns at high elevations throughout the state.
Keywords: alpine vegetation, nonforested vegetation, alpine, subalpine, coastal mountain, Sierra Nevada, Great Basin, timberline
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
-
ONE The History of Vegetation Classification and Mapping in California -
TWO Climate, Paleoclimate, and Paleovegetation -
THREE California Soils and Examples of Ultramafic Vegetation -
FOUR Nonnative Plants of California -
FIVE Estuarine Wetlands -
SIX Beach and Dune -
SEVEN Northern Coastal Scrub and Coastal Prairie -
EIGHT Sage Scrub -
NINE The California Channel Islands -
TEN Forests of Northwestern California -
ELEVEN Closed-Cone Pine and Cypress Forests -
TWELVE Oak Woodlands and Forests -
THIRTEEN Chaparral -
FOURTEEN Valley Grassland -
FIFTEEN Vernal Pools -
SIXTEEN Riparian Vegetation of the Great Valley -
SEVENTEEN Montane and Subalpine Vegetation of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges -
EIGHTEEN Southern California Conifer Forests -
NINETEEN Alpine Vegetation -
TWENTY Transmontane Coniferous Vegetation -
TWENTY ONE Sagebrush Steppe -
TWENTY TWO Mojave Desert Scrub Vegetation -
TWENTY THREE Colorado Desert Vegetation - Epilogue
- Species Index
- General Index
