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A.1029 | EcoArt 2002
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Name: A.1029
Reference: EcoArt 2002
Description: This alliance includes 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 ~Acacia farnesiana (=Acacia minuta ssp. minuta), Opuntia stricta var. dillenii, Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis$, and ~Yucca aloifolia$. ~Celtis laevigata$ is often present as a small tree. The herb layer contains various dune herbs, but is usually dominated by ~Spartina patens$, with ~Astragalus leptocarpus$ 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: VB.CC.799.A1029
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 26-Nov-1997 to: 17-Mar-2005
     
  • status: accepted
  • Community's Parent: III.B.3.N.a
  • This Community's Level: Alliance
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Scientific: ACACIA FARNESIANA SHRUBLAND ALLIANCE
  Code: A.1029
  Common: Huisache Shrubland Alliance
(convergence) and Synonyms:
(undetermined) Acacia farnesiana Shrubland Alliance