Name:
Tamaulipan Caliche Grassland Alliance
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This grassland alliance occurs as patches smaller than 100 acres on shallow sandy loam soils with a caliche hardpan subsoil in the Tamaulipan region of south Texas and northeastern Mexico. Characteristic grasses include <i>Aristida purpurea, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua hirsuta, Bouteloua radicosa, Brachiaria ophryodes, Cenchrus spinifex, Elionurus tripsacoides, Heteropogon contortus, Paspalum setaceum, Schizachyrium littorale, Trachypogon spicatus, Tridens texanus</i>, and <i>Tridens muticus</i>. Perennial forbs are conspicuous and include species such as <i>Heliotropium confertifolium, Melampodium cinereum, Simsia calva, Acalypha radians, Cnidoscolus texanus, Galphimia angustifolia, Hermannia texana, Croton capitatus, Rhynchosia americana</i>, and <i>Dalea nana</i>. Surrounding the grasslands is a matrix of calcareous shrublands. Shrubs and subshrubs are scattered and sometimes coalesce into larger areas, and include species such as <i>Calliandra conferta, Krameria ramosissima, Calliandra biflora, Chamaecrista greggii, Mandevilla lanuginosa, Prosopis glandulosa, Zanthoxylum fagara, Cordia boissieri</i>, and <i>Condalia hookeri</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:38456-{E2171B0A-3001-4AE7-89E9-C8FE3EC36236}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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