Laurel Sumac Case Study Answers

The scientific name for the Laurel Sumac is the Malosma laurina. It is a large evergreen shrub with shiny-green foliage. Has clusters of small white flowers that insects love to eat off of in the spring time. There are no recognized subforms of it.
2.On the Global Rank scale, I believe that the laurel sumac would be considered a G5. It is both common and widespread all throughout the state of California. It is mainly found along the coast of Southern California or throughout the Pacific Ocean Coasts.
3.Ecology of Native Species:

a) The Laurel Sumac has many adaptations like any plant, some of the following adaptations are what helps keep this plant alive. The first would be that the Laurel Sumac has roots that measure up to forty feet in length meaning that their roots can find water deep in the softer soil. Second would be that the Laurel Sumac has thick leaves shaped like a taco which helps water stay longer in the leaves because of this characteristic. and third, The Laurel Sumac can survive and resist really high temperatures from fires before the plant can actually burn down.

b) A very important insect that lives off of the Laurel Sumac would have to be the honeybee. The honeybee is an important pollinator to

Laurel Sumac typically can only be killed off by fire. Hot fire can result in shrub mortality. Studies showed that, a summer wildfire on a Otay Mountain, San Diego County, completely top killed all all Laurel Sumac (Zedler, Paul H., Gautier, Clayton, McMaster, and Gregory 1983). However you can occasionally find a few stems that survive. On November 3rd, 1949, in the San Gabriel Mountains there was a report of an intense wildfire. Ambient temperature was 90 degrees F, humidity was 9%, and fuel moisture was 0.5%, despite these conditions, the largest branches of older Laurel leafed out the next year (Juhren, Pole, and Rupert