Name:
Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa - Parkinsonia texana var. macra - (Cordia boissieri, Koeberlinia spinosa) Shrubland
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This community, found in Texas and northern Mexico, 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, Cordia boissieri, Koeberlinia spinosa, Sideroxylon celastrinum, Ebenopsis ebano, Leucophyllum frutescens, Acacia rigidula, Celtis ehrenbergiana, Guaiacum angustifolium, Citharexylum brachyanthum, Karwinskia humboldtiana, Phaulothamnus spinescens, Schaefferia cuneifolia, Ziziphus 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</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:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:35950-{D051AADF-D0EC-46E7-9C73-68BB2900A721}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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