Name:
Eriogonum fasciculatum - Salvia apiana Xeric Scrub Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This alliance consists for shrublands dominated by <i>Artemisia californica, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Salvia apiana</i>, and/or <i>Salvia mellifera</i>. Other species present include <i>Encelia farinosa, Ericameria</i> spp., <i>Isocoma menziesii, Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Malosma laurina, Rhus</i> spp., and/or <i>Hesperoyucca whipplei</i>. In more mesic settings, on rockier soil, often closer to the coast, black sage increases in importance and this alliance shifts to ~<i>Artemisia californica - Salvia leucophylla</i> Mesic Scrub Alliance (A3883)$$. This alliance is found on California's inner southern coast and inland along the base of the Transverse and Peninsular ranges extending south into Baja California, Mexico, and reflects the relatively hot, drought conditions found there. Habitats are slopes that are steep and south-facing, sometimes bouldery, as well as intermittently flooded arroyos, channels and washes, and rarely flooded low-gradient deposits. Elevation ranges from 250-1600 m. Soils are coarse or fine-textured, well-drained, moderately acidic to slightly saline, and colluvial-derived, or in some cases alluvial. It is characteristic of hot dry summer conditions and is most abundant away from the immediate coast where fog is not usually present. It occurs well inland in the Transverse and Peninsular ranges.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39094-{DD7F9F58-352B-4B7C-99A2-68CB10E0ED21}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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