SE-facing low - midslopes dominated by Salvia apiana with intermixed Encelia farinosa-Eriogonum fasciculatum, Artemisia californica. Understory = mixed annual herbs. Fire within past ten years. Slopes to S = large expanses of Ceanothus crassifolius-Adenostoma fasciculatum. Adj. alliances: 18% Ceanothus crassifolius 174m/170, Ceanothus crassifolius-Adenostoma fasciculatum 95m/240.