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CEGL005317 Salvia mellifera - Eriogonum fasciculatum / Bromus rubens Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available

Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Black Sage - Eastern Mojave Buckwheat / Red Brome Shrubland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This shrubland occurs on steep slopes of the interior Coast Ranges. Stands are found at low elevations (440-1008 m [1443-3310 feet]) on steep, mostly south- or occasionally east-facing slopes. Soils range from coarse loamy sand to clay, and parent materials are sedimentary and volcanic. Stands have nearly continuous shrub cover. Salvia mellifera in the dominant shrub with 20-60% cover, while Eriogonum fasciculatum and Artemisia californica are typically subdominant with generally half the cover of Salvia. The herbaceous understory is sparse to dense, depending on the amount of overstory shading, and include non-natives Bromus madritensis, Bromus rubens, and Bromus hordeaceus, and native Poa secunda.

Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available

Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: Salvia mellifera is the dominant shrub. Eriogonum fasciculatum is frequently present with about half the cover of Salvia. Artemisia californica is typically present; other shrubs that may occur include Eriodictyon tomentosum and Hesperoyucca whipplei (= Yucca whipplei). Emergent trees such as Pinus sabiniana are infrequent at trace cover. The herbaceous understory is sparse to dense, depending on the amount of overstory shading, and include non-natives Bromus madritensis, Bromus rubens, and Bromus hordeaceus, and native Poa secunda.

Dynamics:  No Data Available
Environmental Description:  Stands of this shrubland are found at low elevations (440-1008 m [1443-3310 feet]) on steep, mostly south- or occasionally east-facing slopes. Soils range from coarse loamy sand to clay, and parent materials are sedimentary and volcanic.
Geographic Range: This type has been documented in the South Coast Ranges and Central Coast Ranges of California.

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  CA


Confidence Level: Moderate

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR

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 A3884 Eastern Mojave Buckwheat - White Sage Xeric Scrub Alliance A3884 2.B.1.Na.2.b
Association CEGL005317 Black Sage - Eastern Mojave Buckwheat / Red Brome Shrubland CEGL005317 2.B.1.Na.2.b
Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

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Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Salvia mellifera - Eriogonum fasciculatum / Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens (Kirkpatrick and Hutchinson 1977)
= Salvia mellifera - Eriogonum fasciculatum / Bromus rubens (Sawyer et al. 2009) [32.020.06]
= Salvia mellifera - Eriogonum fasciculatum / Bromus rubens Shrubland (Evens et al. 2006)
= Salvia mellifera - Eriogonum fasciculatum / Bromus rubens Shrubland (Kittel et al. 2012a)
Concept Author(s): G. Kittel et al. (2012a)

Author of Description: G. Kittel and J. Evens

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 09-24-07
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  • Kirkpatrick, J. B., and C. F. Hutchinson. 1977. The community composition of coastal sage scrub. Vegetatio 35:21-33.
  • Kittel, G., E. Reyes, J. Evens, J. Buck, and D. Johnson. 2012a. Vegetation classification and mapping project report, Pinnacles National Monument. Natural Resource Report NPS/SFAN/NRR-2012/574. National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO. 428 pp.
  • 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.