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Name: Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Forest
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community is a subtropical, evergreen forest dominated by a mixture of subtropical and temperate riverine species with scattered <i>Sabal mexicana</i>. In addition to <i>Sabal mexicana</i>, the 15-m canopy may include <i>Fraxinus berlandieriana, Celtis laevigata, Ulmus crassifolia, Ebenopsis ebano (= Pithecellobium ebano), Leucaena pulverulenta</i>, and <i>Ehretia anacua</i>. <i>Tillandsia usneoides</i> may occur as an epiphyte in the canopy. Undergrowth may be absent to dense, with a tangle of vines, shrubs, and fallen trees. Typical shrubs include <i>Havardia pallens, Sideroxylon celastrinum (= Bumelia celastrina), Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii (= Malvaviscus drummondii)</i>, and <i>Celtis pallida</i>. This community occurs on the silts and clays of the Rio Grande River floodplain. Fire and periodic flooding of adjacent resaca channels are thought to be critical factors to maintain <i>Sabal mexicana</i> forests. This community has an extremely limited distribution and exists as fragmented stands within an agricultural landscape. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35251.CEGL002056
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Common: Subtropical Texas Palmetto Woodland
  Translated: Rio Grande Palmetto - Texas Ebony Forest
  Scientific: Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Forest
  Code: CEGL002056
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686314 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo