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Ebenopsis ebano - Phaulothamnus spinescens Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Ebenopsis ebano - Phaulothamnus spinescens Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is a subtropical, evergreen shrubland dominated by tall, thorny shrubs, 3-4 m tall. Important species include Ebenopsis ebano (= Pithecellobium ebano), Phaulothamnus spinescens, Sideroxylon celastrinum, Condalia hookeri, Ziziphus obtusifolia, Zanthoxylum fagara, Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa, Celtis pallida, Ehretia anacua, Karwinskia humboldtiana, Citharexylum berlandieri, and Adelia vaseyi. This shrubland occurs over clayey soils on river levees, resaca banks, and elsewhere in the Holocene floodplain of the lower Rio Grande in the southernmost portion of Texas. It also potentially occurs in adjacent areas of Mexico. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.26094.EBENOPSISEBANOP
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 Ebony - Snake Eyes Shrubland
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688591 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002169
  Scientific: Ebenopsis ebano - Phaulothamnus spinescens Shrubland
  Common: Texas Ebony - Snake Eyes Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Ebenopsis ebano - Phaulothamnus spinescens Scrub