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Quercus engelmannii Southern California Woodland Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus engelmannii Southern California Woodland Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of woodlands where <i>Quercus engelmannii</i> is the dominant or codominant oak in a mixed closed or open canopy. Other species often present include <i>Juglans californica, Quercus agrifolia, Quercus kelloggii</i>, and/or <i>Quercus wislizeni</i>. Southern chaparral species such as <i>Adenostoma fasciculatum, Arctostaphylos</i> spp., <i>Artemisia californica, Ceanothus</i> spp., <i>Ribes</i> spp., <i>Rhus integrifolia, Rhus ovata</i>, and <i>Rhus trilobata</i> are also characteristic. These oak woodlands and savannas occur in coastal plains, intermountain valleys, and low mountains (such as the San Jacinto Mountains) from Ventura County, California, south into Baja California, Mexico. Most of these woodlands and savannas have been heavily altered through urban and agricultural development throughout southern California. Variable canopy densities in existing occurrences are likely due to variation in soil moisture regime, natural patch dynamics of fire, and land use (fire suppression, livestock grazing, herbivory, etc.). 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38638-{735787BE-8181-4369-A9E1-905EBFB16CB3}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 18-Dec-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899475 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3351
  Translated: Engelmann Oak Southern California Woodland Alliance
  Common: Southern California Engelmann Oak Woodland
  Scientific: Quercus engelmannii Southern California Woodland Alliance