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TABLE 5 

 THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE COASTAL SAGEBRUSH 



Dominants starred a 



o 



C3 



species of general distribution 



*Salvia mellifera Greene -XX- - -XX 



var. Jonesii Munz ___X---- 



*Rhus integrifolia Benth. & Hook X X X X - - X X 



R. diversiloba T. & G X X X X - - X X 



Lycium californicum Nutt - - -XXXXX 



*Eriogonum giganteum Wats XX 



var. formosura K. Brandg X 



var. compactum Dunkle XX- 



Achillea millefolium lanulosa Piper XXXXXXXX 



Southern slopes 



Pellaea andromedaefolia Fee XXX- - -XX 



Mirabilis laevis Curran -XX- -XX- 



var. cedrosensis Munz _ _--_---X 



var. cordifolia Dunkle _-_-_--X 



♦Lotus argophyllus niveus Ottley _ -X X 



var. ornithopus Ottley _ - - - -XXXX 



var. adsurgens Dunkle X 



Zauschneria californica Presl - -X- - -XX 



var. villosa Jepson -XX- - - -X 



ssp. angustifolia Keck _ _--_--X- 



Z. cana Greene -XX- - -X- 



*Salvia apiana Jepson _ -X- - - -X- 



*S. Brandegei Munz X-X 



*Optuntia littoralis Cockerell XXXXXXXX 



O. prolifera Engelra X - X - X X X X 



*Brickellia californica Gray XX- - - -XX 



*Encelia californica Nutt - X - - - - X X 



♦Artemisia californica Less. f. erecto -XXX- -X- 



