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CEGL002868 Quercus agrifolia - Salix lasiolepis Riparian Woodland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: California Live Oak - Arroyo Willow Riparian Woodland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is only known from the Santa Monica Mountains region. This woodland association occurs on gentle to somewhat steep slopes with variable aspects at low elevations between 119 and 527 m. It is dominated by Quercus agrifolia in the tree layer and Salix lasiolepis in the understory tree layer. A variety of grasses and forbs are often abundant in the herbaceous layer.
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 (27-63%, mean 46.8%) with conifers at 0-15 m tall and hardwoods at 5-15 m tall, a sparse to open shrub layer (1-16%, mean 6.7%) at 0-5 m tall, and a sparse herbaceous layer (0-7%, mean 3.3%) at 0-1m tall. Total vegetation cover is 43-65%; mean cover is 56.2%. In this association, the tree layer is dominated by Quercus agrifolia. Salix lasiolepis is frequently in the understory or overstory tree layer, while Salix laevigata may also occur in the overstory tree layer. The shrub layer is sparse to open and frequently includes Heteromeles arbutifolia and Toxicodendron diversilobum. The herbaceous layer is diverse includes Piptatherum miliaceum, Artemisia douglasiana, and Nasturtium officinale (= Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum).
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. This association is likely to occur elsewhere in central and southern coastal California.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.788734
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3
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 | CEGL002868 California Live Oak - Arroyo Willow Riparian Woodland | CEGL002868 | 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: = Quercus agrifolia - Salix lasiolepis (Sawyer et al. 2009) [71.060.47]
= Quercus agrifolia-Salix lasiolepis Woodland/Forest Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
= Quercus agrifolia-Salix lasiolepis Woodland/Forest Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
- 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.
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.