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Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Hechtia glomerata Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Hechtia glomerata Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: This community occurs on fossiliferous (primarily with oyster shells) and somewhat gypseous clays of the Yegua Formation and other Eocene formations in southern Texas. The soils are eroded calcareous clays which, though far from the coast, are slightly saline. This shrubland is usually low in stature, with few emergent shrubs. <i>Hechtia glomerata</i>, generally absent from other blackbrush-dominated shrublands, is common and characteristic. Other important shrubs include <i>Condalia spathulata, Krameria ramosissima, Guajacum angustifolium</i>, and <i>Karwinskia humboldtiana</i>. Ten or more species of small cacti are often present; <i>Agave parryi ssp. parryi (= Agave scabra)</i> and <i>Agave lophantha</i> are present at some sites. <i>Citharexylum brachyanthum, Jatropha dioica</i>, and <i>Castela erecta ssp. texana</i> are also sometimes present. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.36371.CEGL007760
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: Chaparro-Prieto - Cenizo - Guapilla Shrubland
  Translated: Blackbrush Acacia - Texas Barometerbush - Guapilla Shrubland
  Scientific: Acacia rigidula - Leucophyllum frutescens - Hechtia glomerata Shrubland
  Code: CEGL007760
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.690065 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo