Vascular flora of the Liebre Mountains, western Transverse Ranges, California

نویسندگان

  • Steve Boyd
  • Ana Botanic Garden
چکیده

T h e L i e b r e M o u n t a i n s f o r m a d i s c r e t e u n i t o f t h e T r a n s v e r s e R a n g e s o f s o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a . G e o g r a p h i c a l l y , t h e r a n g e i s t r a n s i t i o n a l t o t h e S a n G a b r i e l M o u n t a i n s , I n n e r C o a s t R a n g e s , T e h a c h a p i M o u n t a i n s , a n d M o j a v e D e s e r t . A t o t a l o f 1 0 1 0 v a s c u l a r p l a n t t a x a w a s r e c o r d e d f r o m t h e r a n g e , r e p r e s e n t i n g 1 0 4 f a m i l i e s a n d 4 0 0 g e n e r a . T h e r a t i o o f n a t i v e v s . n o n n a t i v e e l e m e n t s o f t h e f l o r a i s 4 : 1 , s i m i l a r t o t h a t d o c u m e n t e d i n o t h e r a r e a s o f c i s m o n t a n e s o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a . T h e r a n g e i s n o t e w o r t h y f o r t h e d i v e r s i t y o f Q u e r c u s a n d o a k d o m i n a t e d v e g e t a t i o n . A t o t a l o f 3 2 s e n s i t i v e p l a n t t a x a ( r a r e , t h r e a t e n e d o r e n d a n g e r e d ) w a s r e c o r d e d f r o m t h e r a n g e . K e y w o r d s : L i e b r e M o u n t a i n s , T r a n s v e r s e R a n g e s , s o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a , f l o r a , s e n s i t i v e p l a n t s . I N T R O D U C T I O N T h e T r a n s v e r s e R a n g e s a r e o n e o f s o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a ' s m o s t p r o m i n e n t p h y s i o g r a p h i c f e a t u r e s . I n c o n t r a s t t o C a l i f o r n i a ' s o t h e r p r i n c i p a l c o r d i l l e r a t h e S i e r r a N e v a d a , C o a s t R a n g e s , a n d P e n i n s u l a r R a n g e s w h i c h a r e o r i e n t e d n o r t h s o u t h , t h e T r a n s v e r s e R a n g e s t r e n d e a s t w e s t . E a s t w e s t t r e n d i n g r a n g e s a r e u n c o m m o n i n N o r t h A m e r i c a , a n d g e o l o g i c m e c h a n i s m s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e a n o m a l o u s o r i e n t a t i o n o f C a l i f o r n i a ' s T r a n s v e r s e R a n g e s a r e n o t y e t f u l l y u n d e r s t o o d ( N o r r i s a n d W e b b 1 9 9 0 ) . M a j o r u n i t s o f t h e T r a n s v e r s e R a n g e s i n c l u d e , f r o m e a s t t o w e s t , t h e L i t t l e S a n B e r n a r d i n o , S a n B e r n a r d i n o , S a n G a b r i e l , S a n t a M o n i c a , L i e b r e , S a n t a S u s a n a , T o p a t o p a , P i n e M o u n t a i n , a n d S a n t a Y n e z r a n g e s . T e c h n i c a l l y , t h i s e n u m e r a t i o n s h o u l d i n c l u d e t h e n o r t h e r n g r o u p o f C h a n n e l I s l a n d s , w h i c h a r e g e o l o g i c a l l y a n e x t e n s i o n o f t h e S a n t a M o n i c a

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تاریخ انتشار 2016