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Appendix A. List of experimental species used in the Coyote Ridge biodiversity experiment.
Table A1. List of species used in the Coyote Ridge biodiversity experiment, as well as their growth form and the functional group to which they were assigned. The group "early/mid-season annuals" is shortened to "early-season annuals" in the manuscript text. Species names follow Baldwin et al. (2012).
Species |
Growth form |
Functional group |
Stipa pulchra |
grass |
perennial |
Chlorogalum pomeridianum |
forb |
perennial |
Calystegia subacaulis |
forb |
perennial |
Muilla maritima |
forb |
perennial |
Plantago erecta |
forb |
early/mid-season annual |
Lessingia nemaclada |
forb |
late-season annual |
Festuca microstachys |
grass |
early/mid-season annual |
Microseris douglasii |
forb |
early/mid-season annual |
Lasthenia californica |
forb |
early/mid-season annual |
Hesperevax sparsiflora |
forb |
early/mid-season annual |
Eschscholzia californica |
forb |
perennial |
Calandrinia ciliata |
forb |
early/mid-season annual |
Layia gaillardioides |
forb |
early/mid-season annual |
Acmispon wrangelianus |
forb |
nitrogen fixer |
Cryptantha flaccida |
forb |
early/mid-season annual |
Hemizonia congesta |
forb |
late-season annual |
Literature cited
Baldwin, B. G., D. H. Goldman, D. J. Keil, R. Patterson, and T. J. Rosatti. 2012. The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California. University of California Press.