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A.935 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.935
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: Stands of these central and southern California shrublands grow on intermittently flooded sites between sea level and 300 m elevation. Water chemistry is fresh. Summers are warm and dry, and the bulk of yearly precipitation falls between November and May. Average yearly rainfall totals between 60 and 120 cm. Winters are mild; freezes are rare. This alliance is dominated by ~Sambucus mexicana$. Other shrubs present may include ~Vitis californica, Salix exigua$, and ~Toxicodendron diversilobum$. Emergent trees may be present and could include ~Populus fremontii, Fraxinus latifolia$, and ~Quercus lobata$. The herbaceous layer is dominated by graminoids. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.2560.A935
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.B.2.N.c
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: SAMBUCUS MEXICANA INTERMITTENTLY FLOODED SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.935
  Common: Mexican Elderberry Intermittently Flooded Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Sambucus mexicana Intermittently Flooded Shrubland Alliance