Low, mostly soft-woody shrubs, 0.5-2m tall, with crowns usually touching, but less dense than Central (Lucian) Coastal Scrub (32200) or Chaparral (37000), and typically with bare ground underneath and between shrubs. Growth occurs in late winter and spring, following the onset of winter rains. Most flowering occurs in spring, but some species continue into summer. Dormant and more or less deciduous in summer and fall. Adapted to fire by crown-sprouting.
SITE FACTORS:
On dry, more or less rocky slopes, often at lower elevations and on drier but less rocky sites than associated upper Sonoran (37100) and Chamise chaparrals (37200).
DISTRIBUTION:
From the South Coast Ranges to Cismontane, southern California and northern Baja California, usually Below 3,000 feet (910m). Most abundant in coastal region south of Pt. Conception (see Central Coastal Scrub (32200), but extending inland to vicinity of Cajon and San Gorgonio passes in San Bernardino and riverside counties.
UPDATE: 10/86
Source: Holland, 1986
Digital Text: NatureBase