Name:
Lolium perenne Ruderal Grassland Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance consists of meadows where <i>Lolium perenne</i> is dominant or codominant with other non-natives in the herbaceous layer, including <i>Agrostis stolonifera, Alopecurus aequalis, Asclepias fascicularis, Avena fatua, Brassica nigra, Bromus diandrus, Bromus hordeaceus, Centaurium muehlenbergii, Cirsium vulgare, Cryptantha flaccida, Euphorbia spathulata, Schedonorus arundinaceus, Holcus lanatus, Hordeum brachyantherum, Hordeum murinum, Leontodon taraxacoides, Leymus triticoides, Lotus corniculatus, Microseris douglasii, Nassella pulchra, Phalaris aquatica, Plantago erecta, Poa pratensis, Nasturtium officinale, Rumex crispus</i>, and <i>Trifolium</i> spp. Herbs are <1 m tall and the canopy cover is intermittent to continuous. Emergent trees and shrubs may be present at low cover. It occurs throughout California at elevations ranging from sea level to 1000 m. Generally, this type occurs in seasonally moist to wet environments that are regularly disturbed through grazing, fire, flooding, or mechanical means. Habitats are lowlands with periodic flooding, disked fields, and uplands, including serpentine substrates.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39081-{60318524-2BD8-4366-8A02-0B24D8373C06}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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