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A.756 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.756
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: The ~~Adenostoma sparsifolium$ Shrubland Alliance (A.756)$$ grows on dry slopes and flats with deep soils derived from alluvium or bedrock in California and Baja California. Stands occur from 300-2000 m in elevation. This alliance is adapted to slightly cooler temperatures and drier conditions than other widespread chaparral vegetation types. Summers are dry and winters are relatively cool and moist. Keeler-Wolf et al. (unpublished) show an ~Adenostoma sparsifolium$ alliance and the closely related ~Adenostoma fasciculatum - Adenostoma sparsifolium$ alliance as occurring adjacent to desert vegetation types along much of the northwestern portion of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. This shrubland is dominated by ~Adenostoma sparsifolium$ which may be the sole shrub in the canopy. Other shrubs may include ~Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Ceanothus greggii, Rhamnus ilicifolia (= Rhamnus crocea ssp. ilicifolia), Quercus cornelius-mulleri$, and ~Garrya veatchii$. The herbaceous layer is sparse. This alliance often occurs in a mosaic with the ~~Adenostoma fasciculatum$ Shrubland Alliance (A.755)$$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2387.A756
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.A.2.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ADENOSTOMA SPARSIFOLIUM SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Common: Redshank Shrubland Alliance
  Code: A.756
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Adenostoma sparsifolium Shrubland Alliance