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A.763 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.763
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This shrubland alliance of the mountains of Oregon and California occurs along ridges and upper slopes between 900 and 2900 m of elevation. This alliance grows in a climate with long, dry summers and moist winters. Average yearly precipitation totals vary from roughly 62 cm in the northern end of the range to 30 cm in the southern extremes. ~Ceanothus cordulatus$ is the sole or dominant plant in the shrub canopy of this shrubland. Other shrubs may include ~Prunus emarginata, Chrysolepis sempervirens (= Castanopsis sempervirens), Symphoricarpos mollis, Arctostaphylos patula, Holodiscus discolor, Quercus vacciniifolia, Ceanothus velutinus$, and ~Ceanothus cuneatus$. Emergent conifers may be present. The herbaceous layer is sparse. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2394.A763
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: CEANOTHUS CORDULATUS SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.763
  Common: Mountain Whitethorn Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Ceanothus cordulatus Shrubland Alliance