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Vascular Flora Of The Liebre Mountains, Western Transverse Ranges, California, Steve Boyd
Vascular Flora Of The Liebre Mountains, Western Transverse Ranges, California, Steve Boyd
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
The Liebre Mountains form a discrete unit of the Transverse Ranges of southern California. Geographically, the range is transitional to the San Gabriel Mountains, Inner Coast Ranges, Tehachapi Mountains, and Mojave Desert. A total of 1010 vascular plant taxa was recorded from the range,representing 104 families and 400 genera. The ratio of native vs. nonnative elements of the flora is 4:1, similar to that documented in other areas of cismontane southern California. The range is noteworthy for the diversity of Quercus and oak-dominated vegetation. A total of 32 sensitive plant taxa (rare, threatened or endangered) was recorded from the range.