cypress forest
A Cypress forest is a western United States plant association typically dominated by one or more cypress species. Example species comprising the canopy include Cupressus macrocarpa. In some cases these forests have been severely damaged by goats, cattle and other grazing animals.M.A. Rodriguez-Malagon et al., "The Guadalupe Island Recovery Track" While cypress species are clearly dominant within a Cypress forest, other trees such as California Buckeye, Aesculus californica, are found in some Cypress forests.C.M. Hogan, 2008
Examples
The Guadalupe Island Cypress Forest is situated on Guadalupe Island, offshore from Baja California. This forest of Hesperocyparis guadalupensis trees was devastated by introduced goats, but conservation biology efforts have been conducted to assist in restoring the forest.
Another example on the Pacific Coast mainland of Northern California is the Sargent's cypress Forest, located in coastal Marin County, California.Sargent ForestUSGS Bolinas Quadrangle
See also
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References
- [http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc07/papers/papers/pap_1960.pdf Marlene A. Rodriguez-Malagon, Alejandro Hinojosa Corona, Alfonso Aguirre-Munoz and Cesar Garcia Gutierrez The Guadalupe Island Forest Recovery Track]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121122190341/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_info.asp?thingid=82383 C.Michael Hogan (2008) Aesculus californica, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Strӧmberg]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723014722/http://californiamaps.org/place.php?county=Marin&feature=Sergeant+Cypress+Forest Sargent Forest of Marin County, California]
- [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-122.6497053&lat=37.9865902&datum=nad83 USGS Bolinas Quadrangle Map, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC]
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