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CEGL003547 Artemisia californica - Salvia leucophylla Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Coastal Sagebrush - San Luis Purple Sage Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association occurs on moderately steep to very steep northwest- and northeast-facing slopes at low elevations between 24 and 472 m. It is characterized by a codominance of Artemisia californica and Salvia leucophylla in the shrub layer, with no distinguishing species in the herbaceous layer. The emergent tree layer is generally absent but can include Quercus agrifolia, Quercus lobata, or Juglans californica.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Although this is a very common association in the study area, its range is probably largely limited to the region between coastal Los Angeles and coastal San Luis Obispo counties. A similar association was described by Kirkpatrick and Hutchinson (1977). However, their definition was somewhat broader than this one.
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 has been described from the Santa Monica Mountains and the northwestern Peninsular Ranges of Orange County (Gordon and White 1994). It is likely to occur further north as far as San Luis Obispo County, but information about its global distribution is not available without additional inventory.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
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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.2 Coastal Sagebrush - Black Sage - Coyotebrush Coastal Scrub Macrogroup | M044 | 2.B.1.Na.2 |
| Group | 2.B.1.Na.2.b Coastal Sagebrush - Black Sage - White Sage Coastal Scrub Group | G264 | 2.B.1.Na.2.b |
| Alliance | A3883 Coastal Sagebrush - San Luis Purple Sage Mesic Scrub Alliance | A3883 | 2.B.1.Na.2.b |
| Association | CEGL003547 Coastal Sagebrush - San Luis Purple Sage Shrubland | CEGL003547 | 2.B.1.Na.2.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Artemisia californica - Salvia leucophylla (Sawyer et al. 2009) [32.010.04]
= Salvia leucophylla-Artemisia californica Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
< Purple Sage-California Sagebrush (Kirkpatrick and Hutchinson 1977)
= Venturan Coastal Sage Scrub (#39000) (Holland 1986b)
= Salvia leucophylla-Artemisia californica Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
< Purple Sage-California Sagebrush (Kirkpatrick and Hutchinson 1977)
= Venturan Coastal Sage Scrub (#39000) (Holland 1986b)
- 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.
- Holland, R. F. 1986b. Preliminary descriptions of the terrestrial natural communities of California. Unpublished report prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game, Nongame-Heritage Program and Natural Diversity Database, Sacramento. 156 pp.
- 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.
- Kirkpatrick, J. B., and C. F. Hutchinson. 1977. The community composition of coastal sage scrub. Vegetatio 35:21-33.
- 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.