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Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Riparian Forest | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Riparian Forest
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
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, 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, Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii</i>, and <i>Celtis ehrenbergiana</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: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:30965-{7290FD47-8E56-414E-A2FF-4BAB82CC5E0E}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Sep-2013 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.686314 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL002056
  Translated: Rio Grande Palmetto - Texas Ebony Riparian Forest
  Common: Subtropical Texas Palmetto Riparian Forest
  Scientific: Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Riparian Forest
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL002056
(similar) Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Forest
(similar) Sabal mexicana - Ebenopsis ebano Forest