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Varilla texana - Castela erecta ssp. texana - Isocoma coronopifolia / Hilaria belangeri Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Varilla texana - Castela erecta ssp. texana - Isocoma coronopifolia / Hilaria belangeri Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs on nearly level to undulating terraces between gravelly, fossiliferous slopes. The community has a relatively open stratum of medium to short shrubs, characterized by Varilla texana, Castela erecta ssp. texana, Isocoma coronopifolia, Condalia spathulata, Frankenia johnstonii, Hechtia glomerata, Jatropha dioica, Tiquilia canescens, and a diversity of small cactus species, including Escobaria emskoetteriana (= Coryphantha robertii), Echinocereus reichenbachii var. fitchii, and others. Typical herbaceous species include Hilaria belangeri, Buchloe dactyloides, Bouteloua trifida, Sporobolus coromandelianus (= Sporobolus pyramidatus), Polygala glandulosa, Chamaesyce albomarginata, and Billieturnera helleri. Clappia suaedifolia is found in some occurrences. This community occurs on saline clays, such as the Maverick series, and probably also the Montell series. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.24350.VARILLATEXANACA
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 28-Jul-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Saladillo - Amargosa - Common Goldenweed / Curly-mesquite Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687706 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007763
  Scientific: Varilla texana - Castela erecta ssp. texana - Isocoma coronopifolia / Hilaria belangeri Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Varilla texana - Castela erecta ssp. texana - Isocoma coronopifolia / Hilaria belangeri Shrubland