Name:
Prunus ilicifolia - Heteromeles arbutifolia - Ceanothus spinosus Mesic Chaparral Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance consists of chaparral dominated by <i>Prunus ilicifolia, Heteromeles arbutifolia</i>, and/or <i>Ceanothus spinosus</i>. Several other chaparral shrub species usually are codominant in the upper canopy, such as <i>Adenostoma fasciculatum, Arctostaphylos glandulosa, Artemisia californica, Ceanothus crassifolius, Ceanothus cuneatus, Ceanothus megacarpus, Cercocarpus montanus, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Fraxinus dipetala, Garrya veatchii, Keckiella antirrhinoides, Keckiella cordifolia, Malosma laurina, Quercus berberidifolia, Rhamnus ilicifolia, Rhus ovata, Ribes quercetorum, Salvia apiana</i>, and/or <i>Salvia mellifera</i>. This alliance is found in the Coast Ranges of California, and into the southern Sierra Nevada foothills at elevations of 50-1300 m. It occurs mostly on north-facing slopes and in canyons, and concavities on south-facing slopes that are steep, but also occurs on more xeric locations at higher elevations, as well as on ocean-facing slopes (drier exposures) where summer fog may decrease evapotranspiration.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39073-{1C9F5896-C9A3-4055-A4A4-C9BDEC74819D}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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