A dense coastal scrub community of scattered shrubs, subshrubs, and herbs generally less than 1m tall and often developing considerable cover. Diagnostic species include Ericameria ericoides, Lupinus chamissonis, and Artemisia pycnocephala.
SITE FACTORS:
Restricted to the coast on stabilized backdune slopes, ridges, and flats. Blowouts often recolonized by foredune species (21200), or (where the blowout reaches the groundwater table) by freshwater marsh taxa around a Dune Slack Pond or Lake (B1115, B1116). Intergrades toward the coast with Foredunes (21200) and away from the coast with Coastal Scrub (32200), Maritime Chaparral (37000), or Coastal Sage-Chaparral Scrub (37G00).
DISTRIBUTION:
Restricted to the coastal strip roughly between Bodega Bay and Point Conception.
UPDATE: 10/86
Source: Holland, 1986
Digital Text: NatureBase