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CEGL004180 | UNKNOWN
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Name: CEGL004180
Reference: UNKNOWN
Description: This association occurs on frequently and infrequently flooded terraces along creeks and streams in the Lampasas Cutplain region and likely other areas of the Edwards Plateau of central Texas. At Fort Hood, Prosopis glandulosa (honey mesquite) occurs as a dominant in some riparian and alluvial situations on older terraces that do not flood frequently, but are within the floodplain. This vegetation is often low-statured and could be considered a shrubland. Other small trees may include Ulmus crassifolia (cedar elm), Sideroxylon lanuginosum (gum bully), Sapindus saponaria (wingleaf soapberry), Maclura pomifera (osage orange), Celtis laevigata (sugarberry), and Carya illinoinensis (pecan). The canopy is open and herbaceous cover is often high, with Nassella leucotricha (Texas tussockgrass), Bromus japonicus (Japanese brome), and/or Elymus virginicus (Virginia wildrye) dominating. Forbs typical of disturbed grasslands in central Texas are also often present, including Croton monanthogynus (prairie tea), Ratibida columnifera (upright prairie coneflower), Ambrosia psilostachya (Cuman ragweed), Phyla nodiflora (turkey tangle fogfruit), and Ruellia nudiflora (violet wild petunia). 
Accession Code: VB.cc.29760.CEGL004180
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
      Party Perspective according to: Reemts, Charlotte
Perspective from: 23-Apr-2008 to: ongoing
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Translated: Honey Mesquite - Cedar Elm / Texas Needlegrass Riparian Woodland
  Scientific: Prosopis glandulosa - Ulmus crassifolia / Nassella leucotricha Riparian Woodland
  Code: CEGL004180