A Manual of California Vegetation Online
Refer to the references cited and alliance descriptions mentioned for more information. Refer to the NatureServe website.
| Author’s Alliance or Association Name | References/Source |
| SHRUB VEGETATION | |
| Artemisia tridentata ssp.wyomingensis | NatureServe website; see the Artemisia tridentata alliance description |
| Bebbia juncea | Klein and Evens 2005; see the Eriogonum fasciculatum alliance description |
| Caesalpinia virgata | Keeler-Wolf et al. 1998; plants appear as individual shrubs, not stands |
| Celtis laevigata | NatureServe website |
| Pluchea odorata | Evens and San 2004 |
| Ribes cereum | NatureServe website |
| Salix melanopsis | Keeler-Wolf et al. 2003b; see the Salix eastwoodiae and Salix exigua alliance descriptions |
| Salix rigida | Beguin and Major 1975 |
| Salix sessilifolia | See the Salix exigua alliance description |
| Sambucus racemosa | NatureServe website; see the Holodiscus discolor alliance description |
| Sarcobatus baileyi | Peterson 2008 |
| Spiraea douglasii | S. Smith 1998; see the Pinus contorta spp. murrayana alliance description |
| Symphoricarpos albus / Elymus glaucus | S. Smith 1998 |
| Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. oreophilus | NatureServe website, S. Smith 1998 |
| HERBACEOUS VEGETATION | |
| Achnatherum lemmonii | NatureServe website |
| Agrostis avenacea | Keeler-Wolf and Vaghti 2000 |
| Agrostis scabra | Halpern 1986 |
| Arnica amplexicaulis | S. Smith 1998, Taylor 1984 |
| Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa | Smith (1998); see the Eleocharis macrostachya and other alliance descriptions |
| Arnica mollis | Taylor 1984 |
| Artemisia ludoviciana | S. Smith 1998; see the Muhlenbergia filiformis alliance description |
| Carex cf. alma / Drepanocladus aduncus | Cooper and Wolf 2006 |
| Carex amplifolia / Drepanocladus aduncus | Cooper and Wolf 2006 |
| Carex angustata | S. Smith 1998, Allen-Diaz 1991 |
| Carex athrostachya | Smith1998; see the Eleocharis acicularis and E. macrostachya alliance descriptions |
| Carex echinata / Philonotis fontana | Cooper and Wolf 2006 |
| Carex echinata / Sphagnum subsecundum | Cooper and Wolf 2006 |
| Carex illota-Philonotis fontana | Cooper and Wolf 2006 |
| Carex incurviformis-Eriogonum ovalifolium | Travers 1993 |
| Cystopteris fragilis-Heuchera rubescens | Taylor 1984 |
| Deschampsia danthonioides | S. Smith 1998; see the vernal pool discussion |
| Eichhornia crassipes | Hickson and Keeler-Wolf 2007 |
| Eleocharis (quinqueflora, rostellata) | Nachlinger 1985; see the Carex scopulorum and Eleocharis quinquefolia alliance descriptions |
| Eleocharis montevidensis | Halpern 1986 |
| Elymus elymoides | Stuart et al. 1992, Taylor 1984; see the Phlox covillei and Danthonia californica alliance descriptions |
| Elymus trachycaulus | S. Smith 1998; see the Muhlenbergia filiformis and Trifolium longipes alliance descriptions |
| Elytrigia pontica | Keeler-Wolf and Vaghti 2000 |
| Eriogonum incanum - Oreonana clementis | Benedict 1983 |
| Eriophorum criniger | Cooper and Wolf 2006 |
| Euphorbia terracina | Keeler-Wolf and Evens 2006 |
| Festuca viridula | NatureServe website |
| Geraea canescens-Chorizanthe stricta | NatureServe website |
| Helenium bigelovii | Imper 1988a |
| Hesperostipa comata | NatureServe website |
| Ivesia lycopodioides | Travers 1993 |
| Juncus bufonius | Keeler-Wolf and Hickson 2006 |
| Juncus orthophyllus | Benedict 1983 |
| Kochia scoparia-Bassia hyssopifolia | Klein and Evens 2005 |
| Linanthus pungens-Achnatherum hymenoides | Major and Taylor 1977 |
| Lotus micranthus | S. Smith 1998 |
| Myriophyllum-Egeria-Elodea spp. | NatureServe website; Hickson and Keeler-Wolf 2007 |
| Navarretia spp. | S. Smith 1998; see the Eleocharis acicularis alliance description |
| Oreostemma alpigenum var. andersonii | Keeler-Wolf et al. 2003b; see the Calamagrostis muiriana alliance description |
| Penstemon rydbergii | S. Smith 1998; see the Muhlenbergia filiformis alliance description |
| Phalacroseris bolanderi-Philonotis fontana-Sphagnum subsecundum | Cooper and Wolf 2006 |
| Phalaris arundinacea | S. Smith 1998; see the Phalaris aquatica alliance description |
| Phleum alpinum | NatureServe website |
| Phleum pratense | NatureServe website, S. Smith 1998; see the Trifolium variegatum alliance description |
| Platanthera leucostachys | Cooper and Wolf 2006 |
| Poa cusickii | Manning and Padget 1995, NatureServe website, Weixelman et al. 1999; see the Trifolium longipes alliance description |
| Poa palustris | S. Smith 1998; see the Carex simulata and Hordeum brachyantherum alliance descriptions |
| Polemonium chartaceum-Erigeron vagus | Barbour and Major 1988, Travers 1993 |
| Potentilla millefolia | S. Smith 1998; see the Trifolium longipes alliance description |
| Primula suffrutescens-Silene sargentii | Barbour and Major 1988, Taylor 1976 |
| Ranunculus aquatilis | S. Smith 1998; see the Eleocharis pauciflora, Lasthenia fremontii-Downingia (bicornuta) and related alliance descriptions |
| Rhodiola integrifolium-Selaginella watsonii | Taylor 1984 |
| Rumex hymenosepalus | Evens et al. 2006 |
| Sagina saginoides-Gnaphalium palustris | Beguin and Major 1975 |
| Salsola tragus | Klein and Evens 2005 |
| Stachys stricta-Polypogon monspeliensis | Evens et al. 2004 |
| Trichophorum pumilum-Carex scirpoidea | Cooper and Wolf 2006 |
| Utricularia vulgaris | Beguin and Major 1975 |
| SPARSE VEGETATION | |
| Lichen-dominated rock (Xanthoparmelia-Aspicilia spp.) | NatureServe 2007b; Peterson 2008 |
| Pinus (jeffreyi, ponderosa) barren | Evens et al. 2006; Peterson 2008 |