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Vachellia farnesiana - Opuntia dillenii - Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum Dune Scrub Alliance | NatureServe Biotics 2019
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Name: Vachellia farnesiana - Opuntia dillenii - Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum Dune Scrub Alliance
Reference: NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description: This vegetation consists of sparse to dense shrub thickets on coastal dunes and shell ridges along the western Louisiana and upper Texas coasts. It is dominated by thorny shrubs, including <i>Vachellia farnesiana, Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum, Opuntia dillenii, Yucca aloifolia</i>, and <i>Zanthoxylum clava-herculis</i>. In addition, <i>Celtis laevigata</i> is often present as a small tree. The herb layer contains various dune herbs, but is usually dominated by <i>Spartina patens</i>, with <i>Astragalus leptocarpus</i> also being common. It grades through widely scattered shrubs to herb-dominated dune vegetation. This alliance is commonly grazed, and the abundance of thorny and spiny species may be partly the result of grazing pressure. 
Accession Code: urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38151-{C72191A6-0FD7-49A1-924E-14DA3A3FD865}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Sep-2014 to: ongoing
      Names:   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899062 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo
  Code: A1029
  Translated: Sweet Acacia - Spiny Florida Prickly-pear - Gulf Coast Wolfberry Dune Scrub Alliance
  Common: Sweet Acacia - Prickly-pear - Wolfberry Dune Scrub
  Scientific: Vachellia farnesiana - Opuntia dillenii - Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum Dune Scrub Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(similar) A.1029
(similar) Acacia farnesiana Shrubland Alliance