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CEGL003025 Ceanothus cuneatus Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Buckbrush Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This chaparral shrubland is found in the Klamath Mountains and the central and southern coastal mountains of California. It occurs on moderately steep to steep slopes on most aspects. Sites can be on very rocky serpentine soils in northern California, or on sand to sandy loams derived from fanglomerate, granite, and rhyolite. Shrub cover is moderate to continuous, with Ceanothus cuneatus being the sole dominant shrub. Other shrubs present include Adenostoma fasciculatum in central California, and Ericameria ophitidis on serpentine sites in northern California, each with sparse cover.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: There are various associations in California where Ceanothus cuneatus dominates the shrub layer while the understory is characterized by herbs on various parent materials (differentiated in some associations by serpentine versus non-serpentine substrates).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Ceanothus cuneatus is the sole dominant shrub. Other shrubs present include Adenostoma fasciculatum in central California, and Ericameria ophitidis (= Haplopappus ophitidis) on serpentine sites in northern California, each with sparse cover.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This chaparral shrubland occurs on moderately steep to steep slopes on most aspects. Sites can be on very rocky serpentine soils in northern California, or on sand to sandy loams derived from fanglomerate, granite, and rhyolite.
Geographic Range: This chaparral association is known from the Klamath Mountains and the central and southern coastal mountains of California, possibly extending into Baja California, Mexico.
Nations: MX?,US
States/Provinces: CA, MXBCN?
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Moderate
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?
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.a Chamise - Buckbrush - Sticky Whiteleaf Manzanita Xeric Chaparral Group | G257 | 2.B.1.Na.1.a |
| Alliance | A3869 Buckbrush Chaparral Alliance | A3869 | 2.B.1.Na.1.a |
| Association | CEGL003025 Buckbrush Shrubland | CEGL003025 | 2.B.1.Na.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Ceanothus cuneatus / Bromus spp. - Vulpia spp. (Keeler-Wolf et al. 2003a) [from Yosemite National Park.]
= Ceanothus cuneatus / Plantago erecta Association (Klein et al. 2007) [from the Sierra Nevada foothills.]
= Ceanothus cuneatus / Plantago erecta Association (Evens et al. 2004) [from the Sierra Nevada foothills.]
? Ceanothus cuneatus (Sawyer et al. 2009) [37.211.01]
< Ceanothus cuneatus Alliance (Borchert et al. 2004)
= Ceanothus cuneatus Herbaceous Association (Evens et al. 2004) [from the Sierra Nevada foothills.]
= Ceanothus cuneatus Herbaceous Association (Klein et al. 2007) [from the Sierra Nevada foothills.]
= Ceanothus cuneatus / Plantago erecta Association (Klein et al. 2007) [from the Sierra Nevada foothills.]
= Ceanothus cuneatus / Plantago erecta Association (Evens et al. 2004) [from the Sierra Nevada foothills.]
? Ceanothus cuneatus (Sawyer et al. 2009) [37.211.01]
< Ceanothus cuneatus Alliance (Borchert et al. 2004)
= Ceanothus cuneatus Herbaceous Association (Evens et al. 2004) [from the Sierra Nevada foothills.]
= Ceanothus cuneatus Herbaceous Association (Klein et al. 2007) [from the Sierra Nevada foothills.]
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