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A.1203 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1203
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This grassland alliance occurs in temperate regions of California and invades several shrubland and disturbed forest vegetation types. Stands are found on all topographic positions; from sea level to 800 m. Areas where this alliance thrives receive between 100 and 200 cm per year of rain. The vegetation is characterized by the dominance of the perennial grasses ~Cortaderia jubata$ or ~Cortaderia selloana$. Shrub species present may include ~Artemisia californica, Eriogonum fasciculatum$, and ~Baccharis pilularis$. In disturbed forest areas, emergent trees may be present including ~Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens$, and ~Picea sitchensis$. Diagnostic of this grassland alliance is the dominance of ~Cortaderia jubata$ or ~Cortaderia selloana$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.974.A1203
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: V.A.5.N.b
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: CORTADERIA (SELLOANA, JUBATA) SEMI-NATURAL HERBACEOUS ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1203
  Common: (Selloa Pampas Grass, Pampas Grass) Semi-natural Herbaceous Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Cortaderia (selloana, jubata) Semi-natural Herbaceous Alliance