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Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa - Parkinsonia texana var. macra - (Cordia boissieri, Koeberlinia spinosa) Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa - Parkinsonia texana var. macra - (Cordia boissieri, Koeberlinia spinosa) Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community has a dense tall-shrub stratum 2-4 m, with scattered to open 'canopy' of emergent <i>Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa</i> and other small trees/tall shrubs. The tall-shrub stratum typically contains <i>Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa, Parkinsonia texana var. macra (= Cercidium macrum), Cordia boissieri, Koeberlinia spinosa, Sideroxylon celastrinum (= Bumelia celastrina), Ebenopsis ebano (= Pithecellobium ebano), Leucophyllum frutescens, Acacia rigidula, Celtis pallida, Guajacum angustifolium, Citharexylum brachyanthum (= Citharexylum spathulatum), Karwinskia humboldtiana, Phaulothamnus spinescens, Schaefferia cuneifolia, Ziziphus obtusifolia (= Condalia obtusifolia)</i>, and others. Small openings contain abundant forbs during moist years, and grasses such as <i>Aristida purpurea</i> (<i>sensu lato</i>) and <i>Bouteloua trifida</i> also occur. This community is often invaded by the alien <i>Pennisetum ciliare var. ciliare (= Cenchrus ciliaris)</i>. Typical dwarf-shrubs (primarily in openings between taller shrubs) are <i>Krameria ramosissima</i> and <i>Tiquilia canescens</i>. It occurs on McAllen fine sandy loams, on hill tops, slopes, and lowland situations (where the vegetation becomes denser and has a stronger component of <i>Prosopis</i>). 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35588.CEGL007762
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
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Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Translated: Honey Mesquite - Texas Paloverde - (Anacahuita, Crown-of-thorns) Shrubland
  Scientific: Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa - Parkinsonia texana var. macra - (Cordia boissieri, Koeberlinia spinosa) Shrubland
  Code: CEGL007762
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687927 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo