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Adenostoma fasciculatum Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Adenostoma fasciculatum Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This shrubland association occurs on extremely xeric sites at 38 to 1097 m (124-3600 feet) elevation on mid to upper slopes and ridgetops on all aspects. Surface is undulating to linear, on moderately steep to steep slopes. Soils tend to be moderately well-developed and somewhat stony with variable textures including sand, clay, silt, and various loams. The parent material ranges from igneous, granitic, metamorphic, to gneiss and may include gabbro and serpentine substrates in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Vegetation is dominated by <i>Adenostoma fasciculatum</i> in the shrub layer, with a diverse but low cover herbaceous layer. <i>Arctostaphylos glauca, Arctostaphylos pungens, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Salvia columbariae, Salvia apiana</i>, and <i>Hesperoyucca whipplei</i> may occur at low cover. The herb layer is open and may include <i>Bromus madritensis, Aira caryophyllea, Avena barbata, Erodium cicutarium</i>, and <i>Lotus</i> spp. There are rarely emergent trees, at very low cover, which may include <i>Pinus sabiniana, Quercus agrifolia, Umbellularia californica</i>, or <i>Platanus racemosa</i>. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:31826-{FBA5D8A6-6953-4B99-ADB3-2B6BBF057FCC}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 24-Sep-2007 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.789784 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002924
  Translated: Chamise Shrubland
  Scientific: Adenostoma fasciculatum Shrubland
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(similar) Adenostoma fasciculatum Shrubland