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Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa - Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri - Borrichia frutescens Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa - Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri - Borrichia frutescens Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This shrubland occurs on alkaline saline clay loams a few feet above the tidal flat, along the southern Gulf of Mexico of Texas and Tamaulipas. Due probably to the shallow depth to the saline water table, Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa is generally stunted, seldom exceeding 5 m in height, and rather scattered, seldom occupying more than 25% cover. Lower shrubs or suffrutescent perennials are more common, including Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri, Borrichia frutescens, Isocoma drummondii, Maytenus phyllanthoides (= Maytenus texana), and Prosopis reptans; such cover is often nearly continuous. Important herb species include Monanthochloe littoralis, Buchloe dactyloides, Setaria leucopila, Spartina spartinae, Billieturnera helleri, and Pappophorum vaginatum. Lenophyllum texanum, a Tamaulipan Thornscrub endemic, is sometimes found in this community. This community often intermingles with grasslands dominated by Spartina spartinae. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.25348.PROSOPISGLANDUL
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 10-Sep-1998 to: 17-Nov-2014
      Names:   Translated: Honey Mesquite - Texas Prickly-pear - Seaside Oxeye Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687596 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL007790
  Scientific: Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa - Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri - Borrichia frutescens Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa - Opuntia engelmannii var. lindheimeri - Borrichia frutescens Shrubland