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Southern Sierra Upper Montane Forests

Ecoregion in Sierra Nevada, CA

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The Southern Sierra Upper Montane Forests ecoregion is typically found in the 7,000–9,000 foot elevation range on the western slope of the southern Sierra Nevada. Vegetation, from low to high elevations in this range, primarily is mixed conifer, white fir, and red fir forests. In some harsher or drier areas, especially to the east, Jeffrey pine and lodgepole pine occur. Some montane chaparral is found throughout the region. Soil temperature regimes are mostly frigid, but some high peaks may be cryic. Soil moisture regimes are mostly xeric. Soils have udic moisture regimes where snow persists through spring. Most of the runoff flows to the Tuolumne, Merced, San Joaquin, Kings, Kaweah, Tule, or Kern Rivers.

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