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    California Seed Zones

    Metadata Updated: February 23, 2026

    California seed zone boundaries were first proposed in 1946, revised, and published as a joint report between the U.S. Forest Service and CAL FIRE in 1970. The 85 seed zones are defined by major areas in California having similar climatic, topographic, and soil conditions. These are areas where plant materials can be moved or transferred with minimal risk of being poorly adapted to a new location. Each seed zone is labelled by a three-digit identifier that reflects the layer’s creation. The first digit indicates the physiographic and climatic region. The second digit gives the subregion, which captures the next lower level of environmental changes known to affect growth and adaptability of plants. The last digit denotes the subzone. Subzones are limited to about 50 miles in latitude and further refine the uniformity of environment within each subregion. Where possible, boundaries follow natural or physical features. For more information, see the original publication: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/41438.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 27, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date February 23, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 27, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date February 23, 2026
    Publisher CAL FIRE
    Maintainer
    Identifier 0826ce91-c2e9-4d89-b500-62653e327773
    Data First Published 2019-04-08T22:52:44.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-01-30T20:06:37.072Z
    Category Fire, Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 57d05570-5025-4f89-8b64-9ea4bf1d7e12
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 795dc2d4b708fc7718b825ad7cc32a67429711dbd55ef8c3746d5b3f5e6decaa
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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