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Dudleya cymosa - Dudleya lanceolata - Lichen/Moss Sparse Rock Vegetation Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Dudleya cymosa - Dudleya lanceolata - Lichen/Moss Sparse Rock Vegetation Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance contains sparse herbaceous vegetation of steep rock outcrops in California's central and southern Coast Ranges and southern California mountains and valleys where herbs are typically &lt;10% cover and shrubs are &lt;5% cover. Herbaceous plants may include <i>Bromus rubens, Clarkia</i> spp., <i>Cryptantha</i> spp., <i>Dudleya cymosa, Dudleya lanceolata, Erigeron</i> spp., <i>Lewisia rediviva, Phacelia</i> spp., and <i>Vulpia</i> spp. Shrubs may be present and sparse, including <i>Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber, Eriogonum</i> spp., and <i>Heteromeles arbutifolia</i>. Moss and lichen can be well-developed, including <i>Aspicilia</i> spp., <i>Umbilicaria</i> spp., and <i>Xanthoparmelia</i> spp. Substrates are rocky or skeletal thin gravelly soils, including igneous (granitic and volcanic), sedimentary, and metamorphic parent material. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39283-{6E5552D2-5B38-4F9E-AD7F-A8D3C565A502}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 48
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.902166 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4073
  Translated: Canyon Live-forever - Lanceleaf Live-forever / Lichen/Moss Sparse Rock Vegetation Alliance
  Common: Live-forever - Lichen/Moss Sparse Rock Vegetation
  Scientific: Dudleya cymosa - Dudleya lanceolata - Lichen/Moss Sparse Rock Vegetation Alliance
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