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Restoration of A. fasciculatum at Rocky Canyon Granite Quarry, San Luis Obispo, CA
… chaparral shrub Adenostoma fasciculatum (chamise) on the Rocky Canyon granite mine. Attempts to restore the California chaparral have been challenging and few successful efforts have been documented. However, the California chaparral can fully recover from fire in as little as 10-15 years. …
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Preserving Biodiversity for a Climate Change Future: A Resilience Assessment of Three Bay Area Species--Adenostoma fasciculatum (Chamise), Arctostaphylos canescens (Hoary Manzanita), and Arctostaphylos virgata (Marin Manzanita)
… decline. The three species are:</p> <p> 1. Chamise (<em>Adenostoma fasciculatum)</em> – A dominant shrub species projected to increase in biomass in climate change scenario models </p> <p>2. Marin Manzanita (<em>Arctostaphylos virgata)</em> –<em></em>A rare, endemic shrub species with …
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A Comparison of Vegetation Structure and Composition in Modified and Natural Chaparral
<p>Type conversion of a 12 acre plot of chamise chaparral to grassland in the Mud Flat region of the San Bernardino National Forest, San Gorgonio District, California, was completed in 1967.</p> <p>The conversion was accomplished following standard type conversion techniques for chaparral in …
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Effects of Moisture on Combustion Characteristics of Live California Chaparral and Utah Foliage
… California (manzanita, scrub oak, ceanothus, and chamise) and four from Utah (canyon maple, gambel oak, big sagebrush, and Utah juniper). Individual leaves were observed as they were exposed to hot gases from a flat flame burner. The broadleaf species from both California and Utah had noticeable …