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CEGL003520 Adenostoma fasciculatum - Ceanothus cuneatus - Salvia mellifera - Malosma laurina Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Chamise - Buckbrush - Black Sage - Laurel Sumac Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association occurs in the Santa Monica Mountains of southern California on moderately steep to very steep slopes of variable aspect at low elevations between 109 and 521 m. It is dominated by Adenostoma fasciculatum and Ceanothus cuneatus with Salvia mellifera and Malosma laurina as constant subdominants in the shrub layer and has a low cover of mostly non-native exotics in the herbaceous layer. The emergent tree layer may include Quercus agrifolia.
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. Similar stands occur to the north in Santa Ynez (Borchert et al. 2004), but those stands have not been differentiated at the association level.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.789826
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 | A3867 White Sage - Black Sage - Chamise Chaparral Alliance | A3867 | 2.B.1.Na.1.a |
| Association | CEGL003520 Chamise - Buckbrush - Black Sage - Laurel Sumac Shrubland | CEGL003520 | 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: = Adenostoma fasciculatum-Ceanothus cuneatus-Salvia mellifera-Malosma laurina Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
< Adenostoma fasciculatum Chamise-Wedgeleaf Ceanothus Alliance (Borchert et al. 2004)
< Adenostoma fasciculatum Chamise-Wedgeleaf Ceanothus Alliance (Borchert et al. 2004)
- Borchert, M., A. Lopez, C. Bauer, and T. Knowd. 2004. Field guide to coastal sage scrub and chaparral series of Los Padres National Forest. Report R5-TP-019. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, San Francisco, CA.
- Gordon, H. J., and T. C. White. 1994. Ecological guide to the southern California chaparral plant series. Technical Report R5-ECOL-TP-005. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, San Francisco, CA.
- 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]
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.