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Baccharis pilularis / Artemisia pycnocephala - Scrophularia californica Shrubland | Western Ecology Working Group of...
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Name: Baccharis pilularis / Artemisia pycnocephala - Scrophularia californica Shrubland
Reference: Western Ecology Working Group of...
Description: This association is found in the sand dunes that exist in scattered localities along the northern Pacific coast. It develops in areas inland of the foredune, on sand plains and dune ridges, where less wind and salt spray allows better vegetative stabilization of the taller dunes. This is an open, low (1-2 m tall), primarily evergreen scrub community. It is dominated by <i>Baccharis pilularis</i>, with a lower, denser layer of evergreen subshrubs and perennial forbs, including <i>Artemisia pycnocephala, Scrophularia californica, Lupinus arboreus</i>, and <i>Eriogonum latifolium</i>. Seedlings of <i>Pinus contorta</i> occur in most examples of this association. Successionally may follow one of the pioneering herbaceous dune communities which have stabilized dune sands enough to permit establishment of shrubby species. Close to the shore, this association may persist indefinitely because wind and salt spray inhibit tree growth. Farther from shore, wind-pruning is less and tree species may become dominant. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.34355.CEGL001426
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.685786 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Common: Chaparral Broom / Beach Wormwood - California Figwort South Coast Herb Dune
  Translated: Coyotebrush / Beach Wormwood - California Figwort Shrubland
  Scientific: Baccharis pilularis / Artemisia pycnocephala - Scrophularia californica Shrubland
  Code: CEGL001426