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Layia fremontii - Achyrachaena mollis Vernal Pool Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Layia fremontii - Achyrachaena mollis Vernal Pool Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This alliance consists of intermittent to continuous cover of herbs &lt;50 cm in height. <i>Achyrachaena mollis</i> and/or <i>Layia fremontii</i> are characteristically present in the herbaceous layer with <i>Blennosperma nanum, Brodiaea minor, Chlorogalum angustifolium, Cicendia quadrangularis, Clarkia purpurea, Dodecatheon clevelandii ssp. patulum, Downingia cuspidata, Downingia ornatissima, Hemizonia fitchii, Lasthenia californica, Lasthenia fremontii, Lepidium nitidum, Limnanthes douglasii ssp. rosea, Leptosiphon parviflorus, Microseris acuminata, Navarretia tagetina, Plagiobothrys austiniae, Plagiobothrys greenei, Plantago erecta, Taeniatherum caput-medusae, Trifolium depauperatum, Triphysaria eriantha ssp. eriantha</i>, and <i>Vulpia microstachys</i>. This alliance occurs in California at 15-710 m elevation in short-inundated, shallow, flashy vernal hardpan pools and mesic meadows with subsurface waterflow in winter and early spring. Soils are shallow and rocky. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:39372-{FEB5C74F-28B1-4F00-8487-F03252180A6E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 21-Feb-2015 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.943214 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A4173
  Translated: Fremont's Tidy-tips - Blow-wives Vernal Pool Alliance
  Common: Fremont's Tidy-tips - Blow-wives Vernal Pool
  Scientific: Layia fremontii - Achyrachaena mollis Vernal Pool Alliance