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CEGL003730 Salvia mellifera - Malosma laurina Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Black Sage - Laurel Sumac Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This shrubland association occurs on gentle to steep southeast- and southwest-facing slopes at low elevations between 20 and 485 m. It is characterized by a dominance of Salvia mellifera and a subdominance of Malosma laurina in the shrub layer. The herbaceous layer and emergent tree layer are insignificant.
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. It probably occurs elsewhere in southern coastal California.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: CA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.790236
Confidence Level: Low
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 | CEGL003730 Black Sage - Laurel Sumac Shrubland | CEGL003730 | 2.B.1.Na.2.b |
Concept Lineage: The provisional/placeholder CEGL003105 has been replaced with several new types: CEGL003727, CEGL003728, CEGL003730, and CEGL003732.
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Salvia mellifera - Malosma laurina (Sawyer et al. 2009) [32.020.01]
= Salvia mellifera-Malosma laurina Shrubland Association (Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006)
= Salvia mellifera-Malosma laurina 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.
- 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.