Cedar hemlock douglas-fir forest

Cedar hemlock douglas-fir forest is a vegetation association in California, United States. This is one of the Kuchler system forest types used to classify California plant communities. As the name implies, dominant tree types are Incense cedar, Western Hemlock and Douglas fir. The forest type is classified as part of FRES20 in the Forest-Range Environmental Study Ecosystems classification, and K-2 Kuchler system. Understory flora associates include Toyon and Western poison oak.

See also

• California oak woodland
• Mixed conifer forest

References

Further reading

• Bonnie Harper-Lore, Maggie Wilson (2000) Roadside Use of Native Plants, United States Office of Natural Environment. Water and Ecosystems Team, Published by Island Press, 665 pp
• William C. Fischer, Melanie Miller, Cameron M. Johnston, Jane K. Smith (1996) Fire Effects Information System: User's Guide, DIANE Publishing, 131 pp
• C.Michael Hogan (2008) "Western poison-oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum", GlobalTwitcher, ed. Nicklas Strömberg