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Quercus intricata - Dasylirion leiophyllum Shrubland | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Quercus intricata - Dasylirion leiophyllum Shrubland
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This community occurs on limestone at upper elevations of the Chisos Mountains of Trans-Pecos Texas. The shrub layer (0.5-2 m tall) is dominated by <i>Quercus intricata</i>. Other common shrubs include <i>Dasylirion leiophyllum, Viguiera stenoloba, Nolina erumpens, Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber, Salvia regla, Rhus trilobata, Rhus virens var. virens, Ptelea trifoliata var. confinis, Gymnosperma glutinosum</i>, and <i>Garrya ovata</i>. Herbs include <i>Muhlenbergia emersleyi, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua gracilis</i>, and <i>Muhlenbergia rigida</i>. This community is restricted to limestone; at contacts with igneous rock, it sharply borders pinyon - oak - juniper woodland. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:33316-{943F131D-D4FE-4F44-82A8-0C74B89118C0}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 01-Sep-1996 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683708 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: CEGL004530
  Translated: Dwarf Oak - Green Sotol Shrubland
  Scientific: Quercus intricata - Dasylirion leiophyllum Shrubland
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) CEGL004530
(similar) Quercus intricata - Dasylirion leiophyllum Shrubland
(similar) Quercus intricata - Dasylirion leiophyllum Shrubland