Name:
Northeastern Chaco Xeromorphic Scrub & Woodland Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
The macrogroup includes two types of upland forest of the northeastern Chaco. One is the sub-humid deciduous forest of semi-closed canopy, 18-22 m tall, distributed in the eastern margin of the northern Chaco in Paraguay and Argentina, transitional to the Parana floristic region. Its diagnostic species are <i>Astronium balansae, Schinopsis balansae, Helietta apiculata, Myrocarpus frondosus, Diatenopteryx sorbifolia, Holocalyx balansae, Parapiptadenia rigida, Gleditsia amorphoides, Arecastrum romanzoffianum, Chusquea ramosissima, Nectandra saligna, Ruprechtia laxiflora</i>. The second type is a xeric, semi-open forest, 12-18 m high, occurring on sandy loam soils originated in deposits of the loessic soils of Argentinian Pampas, which form small elevations relative to the otherwise flat terrain, which are locally called "dorso." Diagnostic species for this type are <i>Schinopsis balansae, Schinopsis quebracho-colorado (= Schinopsis lorentzii), Schinopsis heterophylla, Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco, Ziziphus mistol, Caesalpinia paraguariensis, Prosopis kuntzei, Prosopis alba, Cercidium praecox, Geoffroea decorticans, Ruprechtia laxiflora, Maytenus vitis-idaea, Atamisquea emarginata (= Capparis atamisquea)</i>, among others.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:41002-{4D17E11C-E7F6-497D-BC3D-E7677216DC1A}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
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