Soil Biological and Chemical Properties in Restored Perennial Grassland in California  (2002)

author(s):	M. Potthoff,L. E. Jackson, K. L. Steenwerth, I. Ramirez, M. R. Stromberg, and D. E. Rolston
description:	We investigated a restored perennial grassland in the fourth year after planting Nassella pulchra, Elymus glaucus, and Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum for total soil C and nitrogen (N), microbial biomass C, microbial respiration, CO2 concentrations in the soil atmosphere, surface efflux of CO2, and root distribution (0- to 15-, 15- to 30-, 30- to 60-, and 60- to 80-cm depths).
county:	Monterey County, California
region:	Hastings Reserve
# species:	20

Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
	Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis    slender phlox
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
	Achyrachaena mollis    soft blow wives
	Hypochaeris glabra    smooth cat's ear
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
	Plagiobothrys nothofulvus    rusty popcornflower
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
	Thysanocarpus curvipes    sand fringepod
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
	Cerastium glomeratum    sticky chickweed
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
	Gilia clivorum    purplespot gilia
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
	Lupinus bicolor    miniature lupine
	Lupinus nanus    sky lupine
	Trifolium bifidum    notchleaf clover
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
	Galium sp.    bedstraw
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
	Erodium cicutarium    redstem stork's bil
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
	Croton setiger    turkey mullein
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
	Aira caryophyllea    silver hairgrass
	Bromus diandrus    ripgut brome
	Bromus hordeaceus    soft brome
	Bromus madritensis    Spanish brome
	Elymus glaucus    Blue wild rye
	Festuca sp.
	Nassella pulchra    purple tussockgrass