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CEGL003181 Arctostaphylos nummularia - Vaccinium ovatum - Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Glossyleaf Manzanita - California Huckleberry - Giant Chinquapin Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: The range of Arctostaphylos nummularia (= var. sensitiva), and therefore this association, is restricted to the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Mount Tamalpais area of California. Similar stands occur in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Big Basin State Park.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Arctostaphylos nummularia var. sensitiva (not recognized by Kartesz (1999)) is a narrow endemic to the western San Francisco Bay Area from Mount Tamalpais to the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association is only known from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Mount Tamalpais State Park. Information about its global characteristics is not available without additional inventory. Similar stands of Arctostaphylos nummularia-dominated chaparral occur in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties (Hecht et al. 1973).
Geographic Range: The range of Arctostaphylos nummularia (= var. sensitiva), and therefore this association, is restricted to the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Mount Tamalpais area of California. Similar stands occur in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Big Basin State Park (Hecht et al. 1973).
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683959
Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.1 Mediterranean Scrub & Grassland Formation | F038 | 2.B.1 |
| Division | 2.B.1.Na Californian Scrub & Grassland Division | D327 | 2.B.1.Na |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.1.Na.1 Chamise - Whiteleaf Manzanita - Scrub Oak Chaparral Macrogroup | M043 | 2.B.1.Na.1 |
| Group | 2.B.1.Na.1.c Woolly-leaf Manzanita - Glossyleaf Manzanita - Barranca Brush Maritime Chaparral Group | G258 | 2.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Alliance | A3859 Glossyleaf Manzanita - Stanford''s Manzanita - Giant Chinquapin North Coast Chaparral Alliance | A3859 | 2.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL003181 Glossyleaf Manzanita - California Huckleberry - Giant Chinquapin Shrubland | CEGL003181 | 2.B.1.Na.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Arctostaphylos nummularia var. sensitiva - Vaccinium ovatum - Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor Association (Schirokauer et al. 2003) [pi code 21481]
= Arctostaphylos sensitiva - Vaccinium ovatum - Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor (Sawyer et al. 2009) [37.306.01]
= Arctostaphylos sensitiva - Vaccinium ovatum - Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor Shrubland Association (Evens and Kentner 2006)
= Arctostaphylos sensitiva - Vaccinium ovatum - Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor (Sawyer et al. 2009) [37.306.01]
= Arctostaphylos sensitiva - Vaccinium ovatum - Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. minor Shrubland Association (Evens and Kentner 2006)
- Evens, J. M., and E. Kentner. 2006. Classification of vegetation associations from the Mount Tamalpais Watershed, Nicasio Reservoir, and Soulajule Reservior in Marin County, California. Report for the Marin Municipal Water District. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento.
- Hecht, B., B. Rusmore, T. Keeler-Wolf, and V. Keeler-Wolf. 1973. Waddell Creek: The environment around Big Basin. University of California Santa Cruz Environmental Studies Department and The Sempervirens Fund, San Francisco, CA.
- Sawyer, J. O., T. Keeler-Wolf, and J. Evens. 2009. A manual of California vegetation. Second edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento CA. 1300 pp.
- Schirokauer, D., T. Keeler-Wolf, J. Meinke, and P. van der Leeden. 2003. Plant community classification and mapping project. Point Reyes National Seashore, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco Water Department Watershed Lands, Mount Tamalpais, Tomales Bay, and Samuel P. Taylor State Parks. Final report. California State Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch, Sacramento, National Park Service, Point Reyes Station, and Aerial Information Systems, Redlands, CA. 82 pp. [http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/pore_goga/index.html]
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.