Interface between ecology and land development in California
Keeley JE (ed). 1993. Interface between ecology and land development in California. Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. May 1-2, 1992. Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles
From Abstract: "A comparison of grassland sites in southeastern Ventura County, California, presently dominated by native perennials, with sites lacking native perennial grasses leads to the following generalizations. Relict stands of native perennial bunchgrass persist on sites with deep soils (50-100 cm), with high clay content and no rocks, mostly on north- and east-facing exposures. They are largely restricted to a few soil types. Grasslands devoid of native perennial grasses occur most often on rocky shallow soils (10-30 cm), with little or no clay content, largely on south- and west-facing exposures. These annual-dominated grasslands occur on the Santa Ana Mountaine soil types where remnants of coastal sage and chaparral persist. It appears that many annual-dominated grasslands in this quadrangle were formerly coastal sage scrub vegetation that has been removed by repeated burning.".
- Type
- Conference Proceeding
- Authors
- Keeley, Jon
- Date of Issue
- 1993
- Publisher
- Southern California Academy of Sciences
- Units
- SAMO
- Keywords
- FIRE, Grassland, Impacts, Plant Studies, Santa Ana Mountains, Vegetation