Sites

Taxonomic class

Fine, parasesquic, mesic Xeric Haplohumults 

Parent material

Metamorphosed sedimentary rocks and schists

Topography

Rolling to steep mountains with slopes of 2-75%

Geographic extent

Coast Range Mountains and foothill regions of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains of California and western Oregon.  The series is extensive.

Use

Timber production and some deciduous fruit orchards

Vegetation

Mixed conifer forests and shrubs.  Dominant vegetation includes ponderosa pine, sugar pine, incense cedar, white fir, black oak, madrone

Climate

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