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CEGL003498 Adenostoma fasciculatum - Malosma laurina - Eriodictyon crassifolium / Annual Grass-Herb Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Chamise - Laurel Sumac - Thickleaf Yerba Santa / Annual Grass-Herb Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association occurs on gentle to steep slopes of variable aspect at low elevations between 162 and 657 m. It is dominated by Adenostoma fasciculatum and subdominated by Malosma laurina in the shrub layer, with scattered native and non-native species in the herbaceous layer. The emergent tree layer includes Quercus agrifolia in about a third of the samples.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This association has only been described from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Until further inventory is completed, there is no global information.
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 only known from the Santa Monica Mountains region. Information about its global distribution is not available without additional inventory.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.789798
Confidence Level: Low
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3
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 | CEGL003498 Chamise - Laurel Sumac - Thickleaf Yerba Santa / Annual Grass-Herb Shrubland | CEGL003498 | 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 - Malosma laurina - Eriodictyon crassifolium (Sawyer et al. 2009) [37.101.33]
= Adenostoma fasciculatum-Malosma laurina-Eriodictyon crassifolium/Annual Grass-Herb Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
= Adenostoma fasciculatum-Malosma laurina-Eriodictyon crassifolium/Annual Grass-Herb 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.
- 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.