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CEGL003702 Malosma laurina - Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Laurel Sumac - Eastern Mojave Buckwheat Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association occurs on somewhat steep to abrupt southwest- and southeast-facing slopes at low elevations between 0 and 602 m. It is characterized by a codominance of Malosma laurina and Eriogonum fasciculatum in the shrub layer. The herbaceous layer is insignificant. 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 appears to have fairly constant environmental and species characteristics in all places it has been sampled in southern California.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: In the Malosma laurina - Eriogonum fasciculatum association, both species are codominant in the shrub overstory. Salvia apiana, Ceanothus leucodermis, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Baccharis pilularis, and Baccharis salicifolia are examples of species that may occur as shrubs at low cover. The understory herbaceous layer is variable and usually dominated by non-native species such as Bromus madritensis, Avena fatua, Centaurea melitensis, and Hirschfeldia incana.
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 known from the Santa Monica Mountains and from San Diego (Evens and San 2005) and western Riverside counties (Klein and Evens 2005). Information about its global distribution is not available without additional inventory, although it is likely to occur elsewhere in southern California below about 1000 m elevation.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.790153
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.1 Chamise - Whiteleaf Manzanita - Scrub Oak Chaparral Macrogroup | M043 | 2.B.1.Na.1 |
| Group | 2.B.1.Na.1.c Woolly-leaf Manzanita - Glossyleaf Manzanita - Barranca Brush Maritime Chaparral Group | G258 | 2.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Alliance | A3856 Laurel Sumac - Lemonade Sumac Chaparral Alliance | A3856 | 2.B.1.Na.1.c |
| Association | CEGL003702 Laurel Sumac - Eastern Mojave Buckwheat Shrubland | CEGL003702 | 2.B.1.Na.1.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Malosma laurina - Eriogonum fasciculatum (Sawyer et al. 2009) [45.455.04]
= Malosma laurina - Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland (Evens and San 2006)
= Malosma laurina - Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland (Klein and Evens 2006)
= Malosma laurina-Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
= Malosma laurina - Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland (Evens and San 2006)
= Malosma laurina - Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland (Klein and Evens 2006)
= Malosma laurina-Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
- Evens, J., and S. San. 2006. Vegetation alliances of the San Dieguito River Park region, San Diego County, California. Final report (August 2005) Version 2 (revised May 2006). Prepared by California Native Plant Society in cooperation with the California Natural Heritage Program of the California Department of Fish and Game and San Diego Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. Sacramento, CA. 271 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.
- 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]
- 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.