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CEGL003959 Tiquilia hispidissima - Yucca torreyi / Sporobolus nealleyi Dwarf-shrub Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Hairy Crinklemat - Torrey''s Yucca / Gyp Dropseed Dwarf-shrub Grassland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This semi-evergreen dwarf desert shrubland is dominated by Tiquilia hispidissima and is found on gypsum-influenced soils of the eastern Trans Pecos region of Texas. Yucca torreyi forms a scattered to locally fairly dense supercanopy. Sporobolus nealleyi is found in the herb layer.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: The relationship of this community to other Trans Pecos gyp communities needs clarification. Yucca elata is usually the yucca associated with gypsum soils.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: No Data Available
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This community occurs in the eastern Trans Pecos region of Texas and possibly adjacent areas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683399
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2G3
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 3 Desert & Semi-Desert Class | C03 | 3 |
| Subclass | 3.A Warm Desert & Semi-Desert Woodland, Scrub & Grassland Subclass | S06 | 3.A |
| Formation | 3.A.2 Warm Desert & Semi-Desert Scrub & Grassland Formation | F015 | 3.A.2 |
| Division | 3.A.2.Na North American Warm Desert Scrub & Grassland Division | D039 | 3.A.2.Na |
| Macrogroup | 3.A.2.Na.3 Black Grama - Bullgrass - Tobosa Grass Chihuahuan Semi-Desert Grassland Macrogroup | M087 | 3.A.2.Na.3 |
| Group | 3.A.2.Na.3.b Hairy Crinklemat / Gypsum Grama - Gyp Dropseed Grassland Group | G492 | 3.A.2.Na.3.b |
| Alliance | A3243 Hairy Crinklemat / Gyp Dropseed - Fleshy Honeysweet Gypsum Outcrop & Alluvial Flat Desert Scrub Alliance | A3243 | 3.A.2.Na.3.b |
| Association | CEGL003959 Hairy Crinklemat - Torrey''s Yucca / Gyp Dropseed Dwarf-shrub Grassland | CEGL003959 | 3.A.2.Na.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Diamond, D. D. 1993. Classification of the plant communities of Texas (series level). Unpublished document. Texas Natural Heritage Program, Austin. 25 pp.
- Powell, A. M., and B. L. Turner. 1974. Aspects of the plant biology of the gypsum outcrops of the Chihuahuan Desert. Pages 315-325 in: R. H. Wauer and D. H. Riskind, editors. Transactions of the Symposium on the Biological Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert region, United States and Mexico. USDI National Park Service, Washington, DC.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.