■I Northern Coastal Scrub 



fM] Coastal Sage Scrub 

 Sagebrush Scrub 

 Shadsdale Scrub 



r~~l Creosote Bush Scrub 

 Alkali Sink 



CE Chaparral 



Map 3. Approximate distribution of scrubland plant 

 communities in California. 



low shrubs intermixed with grassy meadows. These small mead- 

 ows contain plant species that are characteristic of the Coastal 

 Prairie. Shrubs present in the Northern Coastal Scrub are Coyote 

 Brush, Baccharis pilularis var. consanguinea of the Compositae 

 (a prostrate coastal form of this species is becoming increasingly 

 popular as a ground cover plant for planting in dry, sterile, 



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