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| | Terrestrial Ecoregions -- California interior chaparral and woodlands (NA1202) |
 | | Valley communities at lower elevation are characterized by foothill pine (Pinus sabiniana) and blue oak (Quercus douglasii), as well as a range of woodland and chaparral plants such as California buckeye (Aesculus californica), manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.), redbud (Cercis occidentalis), chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), and scrub oak (Quercus dumosa). |
 | | Coast live oak, canyon live oak, golden-cup oak, valley oak, interior live oak, and maul oak are also part of the diverse oak flora of this ecoregion. |
 | | Blue oaks are not regenerating throughout their range because of high seedling mortality from grazing, seed predation, and, in some part, competition from introduced grasses. |
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