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Rhus integrifolia Coastal Bluff Chaparral Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Rhus integrifolia Coastal Bluff Chaparral Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: The vegetation is characterized by a two-tiered, open to continuous shrub canopy dominated or codominated by <i>Rhus integrifolia</i>. Other shrub associates may include <i>Adenostoma fasciculatum, Artemisia californica, Diplacus aurantiacus, Encelia californica, Eriogonum cinereum, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Malosma laurina, Opuntia</i> spp., <i>Rhamnus crocea, Salvia leucophylla, Salvia mellifera, Sambucus nigra, Xylococcus bicolor</i>, and <i>Hesperoyucca whipplei</i>. Scattered species of trees, including <i>Juglans californica, Quercus agrifolia, Pinus torreyana</i>, and <i>Schinus molle</i>, may occur. The herbaceous layer is open. These shrublands are known from the southern California coast and occur on gentle to abrupt slopes and coastal bluffs of variable aspect. Soils are loams and clays. Elevations range from 5-750 m. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38746-{A87C7370-84D3-424F-8EB1-7E3AD1867C05}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899584 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A3461
  Translated: Lemonade Sumac Coastal Bluff Chaparral Alliance
  Common: Coastal Bluff Lemonade Sumac Chaparral
  Scientific: Rhus integrifolia Coastal Bluff Chaparral Alliance
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