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CEGL004565 Larrea tridentata - Hechtia texensis Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Creosotebush - Texas False Agave Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs on limestone slopes. Important species are Larrea tridentata, Hechtia texensis, Euphorbia antisyphilitica, Jatropha dioica var. graminea, and Bouteloua ramosa.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: No Data Available
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: No Data Available
Nations: MX,US
States/Provinces: MXCHH, MXCOA, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.684049
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G3?
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.2 Creosotebush - American Tarwort - Mesquite species Chihuahuan Desert Scrub Macrogroup | M086 | 3.A.2.Na.2 |
| Group | 3.A.2.Na.2.a Creosotebush - American Tarwort - Viscid Acacia Chihuahuan Mixed Desert Scrub Group | G288 | 3.A.2.Na.2.a |
| Alliance | A3164 Creosotebush Chihuahuan Desert Scrub Alliance | A3164 | 3.A.2.Na.2.a |
| Association | CEGL004565 Creosotebush - Texas False Agave Shrubland | CEGL004565 | 3.A.2.Na.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: ? Hechtia-Grass (Leopold and Krausman 1988)
= Lechuguilla-Grass-Hechtia Cover Type (Plumb 1988)
= Lechuguilla-Grass-Hechtia Cover Type (Plumb 1988)
- Diamond, D. D. 1993. Classification of the plant communities of Texas (series level). Unpublished document. Texas Natural Heritage Program, Austin. 25 pp.
- Leopold, B. D., and P. R. Krausman. 1988. Plant associations of the lower desert shrubland in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Contributed paper second symposium on the Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert. Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Alpine, TX. 47 pp.
- Plumb, G. A. 1988. An algorithmic approach to automated vegetation mapping of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Kansas, Lawrence. 449 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.