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CEGL002934 Adenostoma fasciculatum - Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Chamise - Eastern Mojave Buckwheat Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association occurs in southern California on gentle to steep slopes of variable aspect at low elevations between 150 and 718 m. It is dominated by Adenostoma fasciculatum with lower cover of Eriogonum fasciculatum in the shrub layer and a low cover of mostly non-native grasses and forbs in the herbaceous layer. The emergent tree layer is generally nonexistent.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Stands of this association sampled in western Riverside County also have Salvia mellifera, Arctostaphylos glauca, Encelia farinosa, and Rhus ovata in the shrub layer. A similar association, Adenostoma fasciculatum - Eriogonum fasciculatum - Salvia apiana Association, is also know from western Riverside County.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: This association has only been described from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Until further inventory is completed, there is no global information.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This association has only been described from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Until further inventory is completed, there is no global information.
Geographic Range: This association is known from the Santa Monica Mountains region, as well as from western Riverside County (Klein and Evens 2005).
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.789792
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 | A3868 Chamise Chaparral Alliance | A3868 | 2.B.1.Na.1.a |
| Association | CEGL002934 Chamise - Eastern Mojave Buckwheat Shrubland | CEGL002934 | 2.B.1.Na.1.a |
Concept Lineage: The provisional/placeholder CEGL003002 has been replaced with several new types: CEGL002924, CEGL002926, CEGL002934, CEGL003467, and CEGL003498.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Adenostoma fasciculatum - Eriogonum fasciculatum (Sawyer et al. 2009) [37.101.14]
= Adenostoma fasciculatum - Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland (Klein and Evens 2006)
= Adenostoma fasciculatum-Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
= Adenostoma fasciculatum - Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland (Klein and Evens 2006)
= Adenostoma fasciculatum-Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland 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.
- Klein, A., and J. Evens. 2006. Vegetation alliances of western Riverside County, California. Contract Number: P0185404. Final report prepared for The California Department of Fish and Game, Habitat Conservation Division. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento, CA. 332 pp. [http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/vegcamp/pdfs/VegMappingRpt_Western_Riverside.pdf]
- 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.