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Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Acacia berlandieri Shrubland Alliance | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Acacia berlandieri Shrubland Alliance
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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.17859.ACACIARIGIDULAL
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Jul-1998 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Acacia berlandieri Shrubland Alliance
  Translated: Chaparro-Prieto - Cenizo - Guajillo Shrubland Alliance
  UID: HIGHER_CLASS_UNIT.2.125641 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A.1909