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A.660 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.660 Reference: EcoArt 2002 Description: This alliance includes a variety of associations dominated or codominated by tree-sized (5-6 m) ~Acacia farnesiana$. Canopy closure and height can be highly variable. Shorter stature occurrences (2-5 m) may be more appropriately classified as shrublands but are currently placed here. Typically, occurrences of associations in this alliance have an open canopy, generally with 25-60% canopy closure, of ~Acacia farnesiana$. However, some occurrences, or patches within occurrences, may have an essentially closed canopy, while others may have a very open canopy consisting of widely spaced tree individuals. This alliance is a heterogeneous mix of associations occurring in both upland and riparian areas receiving infrequent flooding. One association occurs over moderately to poorly drained soils, primarily in the southern Texas Plains and the Coastal Prairie. It is a natural disturbance type of river floodplains and depressions that may succeed to ~Celtis laevigata$-dominated forest, especially on floodplains of major streams. It is an even more widespread anthropogenic disturbance community, with introduced species such as ~Triadica sebifera (= Sapium sebiferum)$ and ~Rosa bracteata$ associated on upper coast and ~Parkinsonia aculeata$ on the southern Texas Plains. In wet areas, ~Acacia farnesiana (= Acacia minuta)$ often forms nearly pure stands or occurs as scattered individuals within a matrix of weedy grasses during the course of secondary succession. This woodland may grade into ~Acacia rigidula$ or ~Acacia berlandieri$ shrublands in southern Texas and ~Schizachyrium scoparium$ grasslands in the Coastal Prairie. Another association occurs in disturbed uplands of the South Texas Plains.  Accession Code: VB.CC.2303.A660 Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
	status: accepted Community's Parent: II.B.3.N.a This Community's Level: Alliance This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Scientific: ACACIA FARNESIANA WOODLAND ALLIANCE   Code: A.660   Common: Huisache Woodland Alliance (convergence) and Synonyms: (undetermined) Acacia farnesiana Woodland Alliance