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Southern Vancouverian Lowland Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Southern Vancouverian Lowland Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This macrogroup contains the vegetation of grasslands with some dwarf-shrubs. Dominant grasses include <i>Festuca rubra, Festuca idahoensis ssp. roemeri</i>, or <i>Danthonia californica</i>. Dwarf-shrub species may include <i>Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Arctostaphylos columbiana, Arctostaphylos nevadensis, Baccharis pilularis, Gaultheria shallon, Juniperus communis, Lupinus </i>spp., <i>Rubus</i> spp., <i>Rosa nutkana, Symphoricarpos albus</i>, and <i>Vaccinium ovatum</i>. It occurs along the Pacific Coast on terraces and ridgeline balds in the Coast Ranges, the Klamath Mountains and at low elevations on the lee side of the coastal mountains in the northern part of the range, from Vancouver Island down the coast to San Francisco. Fires, both lightning-ignited and those ignited by Native Americans, undoubtedly affected these sites. Because of this fire history, the extent of this macrogroup has declined locally through tree invasion, as areas formerly maintained as herbaceous by burning have filled in with trees. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40470-{26CD4AAF-A2FD-4D3A-817F-8438AF9E1374}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 15-Oct-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.860511 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: M050
  Scientific: Southern Vancouverian Lowland Grassland & Shrubland Macrogroup