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CEGL003666 Encelia californica - Eriogonum cinereum Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: California Brittlebush - Coastal Buckwheat Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association occurs on somewhat steep to very steep southeast- and southwest-facing slopes at low elevations between 0 and 259 m. It is characterized by a codominance of Encelia californica and Eriogonum cinereum in the shrub layer. As with other associations of this alliance, the herbaceous layer tends to have relatively high frequencies of Brassica nigra and other non-natives. The emergent tree layer is usually absent.
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.2.790069
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.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 | A3882 California Brittlebush - Coastal Buckwheat [Maritime] Scrub Alliance | A3882 | 2.B.1.Na.2.b |
| Association | CEGL003666 California Brittlebush - Coastal Buckwheat Shrubland | CEGL003666 | 2.B.1.Na.2.b |
Concept Lineage: The provisional/placeholder CEGL003047 has been replaced with several new types: CEGL003644, CEGL003657, CEGL003666, CEGL003668, and CEGL003672.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Encelia californica - Eriogonum cinereum (Sawyer et al. 2009) [32.050.04]
= Encelia californica-Eriogonum cinereum Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
= Encelia californica-Eriogonum cinereum 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.