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A.1909 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1909
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes deciduous shrublands dominated by ~Acacia berlandieri, Acacia rigidula$, and/or ~Leucophyllum frutescens$ found on rocky slopes, uplands with shallow soils and disturbed areas in the South Texas Plains, Stockton Plateau and Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila. Composition varies with soils, slope, and past land use. Associated shrubs can include ~Acacia schaffneri, Calliandra conferta, Condalia spathulata, Krameria ramosissima, Guajacum angustifolium, Citharexylum brachyanthum, Jatropha dioica, Castela erecta ssp. texana, Prosopis glandulosa, Celtis pallida, Ziziphus obtusifolia var. obtusifolia$, and ~Karwinskia humboldtiana$. One association has ten or more species of small cacti along with ~Agave parryi ssp. parryi (= Agave scabra)$ and ~Agave lophantha$. Shrubland associations in this alliance often occur intermixed with each other and with grassland associations of the South Texas Plains such as ~~Bothriochloa barbinodis - Chloris pluriflora$ Herbaceous Vegetation (CEGL002236)$$. Also included here are shrublands of tropical/subtropical southern Texas and adjacent Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, Mexico, dominated by ~Helietta parvifolia$. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.1609.A1909
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Jul-1998 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.B.3.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ACACIA RIGIDULA - LEUCOPHYLLUM FRUTESCENS - ACACIA BERLANDIERI SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1909
  Common: Chaparro-Prieto - Cenizo - Guajillo Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Acacia berlandieri Shrubland Alliance