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A guide to the plant communities of California. Below is a list of the Plant Communities (adapted from Munz with our modifications added). For those of you back east refer to our easy section to cross-reference by habitat (see habitat). We've also made very generalized reference to soils and animals. We've tried to compromise between tourist level and scientific, so both of you can enjoy California without being overwhelmed or offended.
Desert, Seaside, Grassland and Marsh Communities Use rock mulch or a boulder for your mulch. Alkali Sink Alpine Fell-Fields Coastal Prairie Coastal Salt Marsh Coastal Strand Creosote Bush Scrub Freshwater Marsh Great Basin Sagebrush Joshua Tree Woodland Mountain Meadow Northern Juniper Woodland Sagebrush Scrub Shadscale Scrub Valley Grassland	WOODLANDS and SCRUBLANDS Boulders near each plant and mulch between plants is best, but just mulch is ok. Bristle-cone Pine Chaparral Central (Foothill) Oak Woodland Coast Redwood Forest Coastal Sage Scrub Mixed-evergreen Forest Northern Coastal Scrub Northern Oak Woodland Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Riparian(rivers&creeks) Southern Oak Woodland	Coniferous Forests 1-3" redwood, cedar or pine needle mulch is required by these plants! Closed-cone Pine Forest Coastal Coniferous Forest Douglas-Fir Forest Lodgepole Pine Forest Red Fir Forest Subalpine Forest Yellow Pine Forest

A guide to the plant communities of California.

Below is a list of the Plant Communities (adapted from Munz with our modifications added). For those of you back east refer to our easy section to cross-reference by habitat (see habitat). We've also made very generalized reference to soils and animals. We've tried to compromise between tourist level and scientific, so both of you can enjoy California without being overwhelmed or offended.