Name:
Eriogonum fasciculatum Shrubland
Reference:
Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description:
This chaparral shrubland occurs in the interior Central Coast Ranges, from the Santa Monica Mountains to northern San Benito County, California. It occurs on gentle to very steep slopes of variable but often southerly aspects, along a wide range of elevations from 5 to 1585 m (16-5200 feet). This association usually occurs on alluvial/depositional, lower to upper slopes that are undulating or convex. The parent material is highly variable, including granitic, volcanic, or sedimentary substrates. Soils are various loams, sands, and clays. <i>Eriogonum fasciculatum</i> is consistently present at low to high cover. A wide variety of chaparral, coastal sage, and disturbance shrub species (e.g., <i>Adenostoma fasciculatum, Artemisia californica, Ericameria linearifolia, Ceanothus cuneatus, Corethrogyne filaginifolia (= Lessingia filaginifolia), Lotus scoparius, Rhus ovata, Salvia apiana, Yucca whipplei</i>) may be present at low cover. Diverse annual herbs comprise the herbaceous understory, the most common being natives <i>Cryptantha</i> spp., <i>Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum, Erodium brachycarpum</i>, and <i>Erodium cicutarium</i>, and non-natives such as <i>Hirschfeldia incana, Erodium</i> spp., <i>Bromus</i> spp., and <i>Avena</i> spp. Occasionally there is an emergent tree layer, with species such as <i>Juniperus californica, Pinus sabiniana</i>, and <i>Quercus douglasii</i> found at trace cover.
Accession Code:
VB.CC.33920.CEGL001258
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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