Villablanca 1991 Journal madrone, manzanita. The slope is not typical of the area. This S. slope is a field of Adenostoma fasciculata 2-3 ft high with upto 5ft tall burned branches. This is a pure stand of chamise. There are few scattered or peripheral Ceanothus (2+species), Arctostaphylos, Q. agrifolia & P. coteri,——califonice t Ericocanera (looks like linearifol) Aside from the chamise, the only other unique features was a horned lizard, as well as few Dipodomys burrows, surface pit caches + some pos- sible sand bathing areas. The soil in the open is the same sandstone cobble. Yet under the chamise, the soil was fine, not cobbled, and with much more lumenus. Under some plants (like Rhxannus) there was a lot of leaf litter. The chamise form ± 100% cover Along the top of this Adenostoma field, where the ridge was