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CEGL003574 Ceanothus megacarpus - Salvia mellifera Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Bigpod Ceanothus - Black Sage Shrubland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This shrubland association occurs on gentle to very steep southwest- and southeast-facing slopes at low elevations between 49 and 636 m. It is characterized by Ceanothus megacarpus as a dominant and Salvia mellifera as a subdominant in the shrub layer. The herbaceous layer is insignificant. The emergent tree layer is largely absent in most stands.

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




Confidence Level: Low

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G3

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: The provisional/placeholder CEGL003031 has been replaced with several new types: CEGL003562, CEGL003565, CEGL003566, CEGL003567, and CEGL003574.

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Ceanothus megacarpus - Salvia mellifera (Sawyer et al. 2009) [37.201.08]
= Ceanothus megacarpus-Salvia mellifera Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)

Concept Author(s): Keeler-Wolf and Evens (2006)

Author of Description: T. Keeler-Wolf and J. Evens

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 12-14-05

  • 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.