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Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Forest | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is a subtropical, evergreen forest dominated by a mixture of subtropical and temperate riverine species with scattered Sabal mexicana. In addition to Sabal mexicana, the 15-m canopy may include Fraxinus berlandieriana, Celtis laevigata, Ulmus crassifolia, Ebenopsis ebano (= Pithecellobium ebano), Leucaena pulverulenta, and Ehretia anacua. Tillandsia usneoides may occur as an epiphyte in the canopy. Undergrowth may be absent to dense, with a tangle of vines, shrubs, and fallen trees. Typical shrubs include Havardia pallens, Sideroxylon celastrinum (= Bumelia celastrina), Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii (= Malvaviscus drummondii), and Celtis pallida. This community occurs on the silts and clays of the Rio Grande River floodplain. Fire and periodic flooding of adjacent resaca channels are thought to be critical factors to maintain Sabal mexicana forests. This community has an extremely limited distribution and exists as fragmented stands within an agricultural landscape. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.22994.SABALMEXICANAEB
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Texas Palmetto - Texas Ebony Forest
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686314 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002056
  Scientific: Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Forest
  Common: Subtropical Texas Palmetto Woodland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Forest