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CEGL004575 Atriplex obovata / Tidestromia carnosa Dwarf-shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Mound Saltbush / Fleshy Honeysweet Dwarf-shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs on flats in a "badlands" landscape over gypseous saline Cretaceous clays in Brewster County, Texas; it may also occur in northern Mexico. A very sparse shrub layer consists of widely scattered individuals of Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana and Cylindropuntia leptocaulis. Atriplex obovata forms a sparse to locally moderately dense dwarf-shrub layer. Following rains, the annual Tidestromia carnosa can be locally abundant. Other species include Suaeda mexicana and Coryphantha ramillosa.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Perhaps better treated in the sparsely vegetated class; in many (drier) years the vegetative cover would be sparse.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: A very sparse shrub layer consists of widely scattered individuals of Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana and Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (= Opuntia leptocaulis). Atriplex obovata forms a sparse to locally moderately dense dwarf-shrub layer. Following rains, the annual Tidestromia carnosa can be locally abundant. Other species include Suaeda mexicana and Coryphantha ramillosa.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: No Data Available
Geographic Range: This community occurs in Brewster County, Texas; it may also occur in northern Mexico.
Nations: MX?,US
States/Provinces: MXCOA?, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683753
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
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 | CEGL004575 Mound Saltbush / Fleshy Honeysweet Dwarf-shrubland | CEGL004575 | 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
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.