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CEGL002856 Platanus racemosa South Coast Riparian Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: California Sycamore South Coast Riparian Woodland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is only known from the Santa Monica Mountains region. It is likely to occur in other parts of southern coastal California and adjacent Baja California, Mexico. This woodland association occurs on gentle to somewhat steep slopes with variable aspects at low elevations between 134 and 460 m. It is dominated by Platanus racemosa in the tree layer. The shrub and herbaceous layers are open.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Stands of this association at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area form an open to intermittent tree layer (15-59%, mean 37.3%) with hardwoods at 5-15 m tall, a sparse to open shrub layer (0-13%, mean 6.8%) at 0-5 m tall, and a sparse herbaceous layer (0-8%, mean 2.2%) at 0-1 m tall. Total vegetation cover is 28-60%; mean cover is 46.5%. In this association, the tree layer is dominated by Platanus racemosa. Juglans californica is occasionally included in this layer. The shrub layer is sparse to open and includes Toxicodendron diversilobum, Ceanothus spinosus, and Heteromeles arbutifolia at low cover. Various other shrubs also contribute to low cover. The herbaceous layer is simple and most often includes Leymus condensatus. Other herbs occasionally include Artemisia douglasiana and Rubus ursinus.
Dynamics: Until further inventory is completed, there is no global information.
Environmental Description: Until further inventory is completed, there is no global information.
Geographic Range: This association is only known from the Santa Monica Mountains region. Information about its global distribution is not available without additional inventory. It is likely to occur in other parts of southern coastal California and adjacent Baja California, Mexico.
Nations: MX?,US
States/Provinces: CA, MXBCN?
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nd Western North American Interior Flooded Forest Division | D013 | 1.B.3.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nd.2 Interior Warm & Cool Desert Riparian Forest Macrogroup | M036 | 1.B.3.Nd.2 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b Western Interior Riparian Forest & Woodland Group | G797 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b |
| Alliance | A3750 California Sycamore - California Live Oak - Southern California Walnut Riparian Woodland Alliance | A3750 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b |
| Association | CEGL002856 California Sycamore South Coast Riparian Woodland | CEGL002856 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.b |
Concept Lineage: This placeholder has been replaced by several new types for SAMO.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Platanus racemosa South Coast Intermittent Stream Woodland/Forest Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
< Platanus racemosa Woodland Alliance (Sawyer et al. 2009) [61.310.00]
< Platanus racemosa Woodland Alliance (Sawyer et al. 2009) [61.310.00]
- Keeler-Wolf, T., and J. Evens. 2006. Vegetation classification of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and environs in Ventura and Los Angeles counties, California. A report submitted to National Park Service, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area by California Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch and The California Native Plant Society, Vegetation Program, Sacramento, 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.
- Sawyer, J. O., and T. Keeler-Wolf. 1995. A manual of California vegetation. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. 471 pp.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.