California Floristic Province

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The California Floristic Province is a biodiversity hotspot in western North America renowned for its high plant endemism and Mediterranean-type ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mediterranean-type ecosystem region
biodiversity hotspot
floristic province
biodiversityStatus biodiversity hotspot
biome Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub
surface form: Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub
borderedBy Great Basin
surface form: Great Basin region

Mojave Desert
Pacific Ocean
Sonoran Desert
climate Mediterranean climate
winter-wet summer-dry climate
conservationPriority global priority ecoregion
continent North America
floristicKingdom Palearctic realm
surface form: Holarctic Kingdom
floristicRegion Californian Region
hasCharacteristicSeasonality cool wet winters
hot dry summers
hasEndemicTaxa many endemic plant species
hasPart Gulf of California coast
surface form: Baja California Peninsula coastal areas

California, United States
surface form: California

Central Valley margins
Coastal Ranges
surface form: Coast Ranges

Peninsular Ranges
Sierra Nevada foothills
Transverse Ranges
northern Baja California
southwestern Oregon
knownFor Mediterranean-type ecosystems
chaparral vegetation
coastal sage scrub
high plant endemism
oak woodlands
serpentine soil flora
locatedIn Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States

western North America
majorThreat agriculture
altered fire regimes
climate change
habitat fragmentation
invasive species
urbanization
partOf California Floristic Province self-linksurface differs
surface form: California Floristic Region

Nearctic
surface form: Nearctic realm
primaryVegetationType mixed evergreen forests
sclerophyllous shrublands
recognizedAsHotspotBy Conservation International
Norman Myers
threatStatus heavily transformed by human activity

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion partOf California Floristic Province
Santa Monica Mountains partOf California Floristic Province
matilija poppies region California Floristic Province
subject surface form: Matilija poppies
Northern Sierra Nevada partOf California Floristic Province
California Floristic Province partOf California Floristic Province self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: California Floristic Region
Mendocino Range isPartOf California Floristic Province
Sierra de Juárez region isPartOf California Floristic Province
this entity surface form: Californian Floristic Province