Distribution, composition, and classification of current juniper-pinyon woodlands and savannas across western North America
West NE. 1999. Distribution, composition, and classification of current juniper-pinyon woodlands and savannas across western North America. Pages 20-23. In Monsen SB and Stevens R (ed): Proceedings: ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior west, Proceedings RMRS-P-9. Provo, UT. September 15-19, 1997. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Odgen UT
Pinyon-juniper woodlands involve vegetation dominated by approximately 7 species of Pinus and 17 species of Juniperus. Distribution of the two genera is not identical. Other vegetation communities interact with the biome through various agencies including geologic and use characteristics.
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- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- West, Neil
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- PARA
- Keywords
- Biodiversity, Cupressaceae (Cypress Redwoods), Distribution, Juniperus (Juniper Juniper Species Juniper Spp.), Juniperus ashei (Ashe Juniper Ashe's Juniper), Juniperus californica (California Juniper California Juniper), Juniperus deppeana (Alligator Juniper Checker Bark Juniper), Juniperus flaccida (Drooping Juniper), Juniperus monosperma (Oneseed Juniper), Juniperus occidentalis (western juniper), Juniperus osteosperma (Utah Juniper Utah Juniper), Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain Juniper), Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red-cedar Eastern Redcedar Red Cedar Juniper), Pinaceae (Pines), Pinales, Pinus (Pine), Pinus cembroides (Mexican Pinyon Mexican Pinyon Nut Pine Stone Pine), Pinus edulis (Colorado Pinyon Nut Pine Pinon Pine Pinyon Pinyon Pine Two-leaf Pinyon Two-needle Pinyon Twoneedle Pinyon), Pinus monophylla (Nut Pine One-leaf Pine Singleleaf Pinyon)