Name:
Ceanothus cuneatus Chaparral Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance consists of chaparral dominated by <i>Ceanothus cuneatus</i>. Other codominant shrubs include <i>Adenostoma fasciculatum, Arctostaphylos glauca, Arctostaphylos manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula, Arctostaphylos tomentosa, Ceanothus integerrimus, Cercocarpus montanus, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Garrya fremontii, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Juniperus californica, Quercus berberidifolia, Quercus john-tuckeri, Rhus ovata, Salvia mellifera</i>, and <i>Hesperoyucca whipplei</i>. Emergent trees such as <i>Calocedrus decurrens, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus sabiniana, Quercus douglasii</i>, and/or <i>Quercus wislizeni</i> may be present at low cover. Shrubs are generally <3.5 m in height, and their canopy is intermittent to continuous. The herbaceous layer is sparse to grassy. This western shrubland alliance occurs from Oregon south into Baja California, Mexico. Stands are found in the Cascade, Coast, Transverse and Peninsular ranges, Klamath Mountains, and Sierra Nevada. It occupies mostly dry alluvial fans, slopes, and ridges and occurs in various elevational zones throughout its range, generally on shallow, well-drained, gravelly soils, including nutrient-deficient serpentine soils.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39079-{DF489328-6509-4353-ADB5-641E088C3992}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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