Vegetation in this land-cover type includes a variety of sizes, shapes, and growing patterns, from ten foot-high corn to dry beans which grow only several inches tall. All are annuals, and all require irrigation. The major crops in this type in California include corn, safflower, dry beans, and where they are irrigated, barley and wheat.
DISTRIBUTION:
Irrigated grain and seed crops are established on some of the state's most fertile soils on flat to gently rolling terrain. This type occurs throughout California but is most widespread in the Great Central Valley and to a lesser extent in coastal plains and valleys.
Source: Adapted by the California Gap Analysis Project from the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships system (Schultze, 1994).