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CEGL001641 Prosopis glandulosa / Pleuraphis mutica Shrub Grassland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Honey Mesquite / Tobosa Grass Shrub Grassland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This is a shrub grassland type in the Southwest (known from Fort Bliss and Gray Ranch) and a minor type on White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. It is characterized by a very open, non-coppice-forming canopy of Prosopis glandulosa (18% cover) with an understory dominated by dense patches of Pleuraphis mutica. Other species are scarce, but Sporobolus airoides is sometimes present. The White Sands Missile Range site occupies a swale on a low-elevation alluvial flat located centrally within the Tularosa basin at an elevation of 1230 m (4040 feet). It occurs in a matrix with other basin grasslands and large barren alluvial flats. Soils are clayey and derived from fine-textured alluvial deposits from the surrounding mountains.
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
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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: NM, TX?
Plot Analysis Summary:
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Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G5
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.b Fourwing Saltbush - American Tarwort Lowland Basin Scrub Group | G299 | 3.A.2.Na.2.b |
| Alliance | A3153 Honey Mesquite Lowland Basin Chihuahuan Desert Scrub Alliance | A3153 | 3.A.2.Na.2.b |
| Association | CEGL001641 Honey Mesquite / Tobosa Grass Shrub Grassland | CEGL001641 | 3.A.2.Na.2.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Prosopis glandulosa / Hilaria mutica PA (Bourgeron et al. 1995b)
= Prosopis glandulosa / Hilaria mutica PA (Bourgeron et al. 1993b)
= Prosopis glandulosa / Hilaria mutica PA (Muldavin et al. 1998a)
= Prosopis glandulosa / Pleuraphis mutica PA (Wood et al. 1999)
= Prosopis glandulosa / Pleuraphis mutica Plant Association (Muldavin et al. 2003a)
= Honey Mesquite/Tobosagrass PA (Muldavin et al. 2000b) [(Prosopis glandulosa/Hilaria mutica; PROGLA/HILMUT)]
= Prosopis glandulosa / Hilaria mutica PA (Bourgeron et al. 1993b)
= Prosopis glandulosa / Hilaria mutica PA (Muldavin et al. 1998a)
= Prosopis glandulosa / Pleuraphis mutica PA (Wood et al. 1999)
= Prosopis glandulosa / Pleuraphis mutica Plant Association (Muldavin et al. 2003a)
= Honey Mesquite/Tobosagrass PA (Muldavin et al. 2000b) [(Prosopis glandulosa/Hilaria mutica; PROGLA/HILMUT)]
- Bourgeron, P. S., L. D. Engelking, H. C. Humphries, E. Muldavin, and W. H. Moir. 1993b. Assessing the conservation value of the Gray Ranch: Rarity, diversity and representativeness. Unpublished report prepared for The Nature Conservancy by the Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. (Volume I and II).
- Bourgeron, P. S., M. Jensen, L. Engelking, R. Everett, and H. Humphries. 1995b. Landscape ecology, conservation biology and principles of ecosystem management. Pages 41-47 in: Symposium proceedings of Ecosystem Management in Western Interior Forests, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
- Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
- Muldavin, E., P. Neville, P. Arbetan, Y. Chauvin, A. Browder, and T. Neville. 2003a. A vegetation map of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Final report submitted in partial fulfillment of Cooperative Agreement No. Ca-7170-99-004. New Mexico Natural Heritage Program at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 102 pp.
- Muldavin, E., V. Archer, and P. Neville. 1998a. A vegetation map of the Borderlands Ecosystem Management Area. Final report submitted to USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Experiment Station, Flagstaff, AZ, by the New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 58 pp.
- Muldavin, E., Y. Chauvin, and G. Harper. 2000b. The vegetation of White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico: Volume I. Handbook of vegetation communities. Final report to Environmental Directorate, White Sands Missile Range. New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 195 pp. plus appendices
- Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.
- Wood, S., G. Harper, E. Muldavin, and P. Neville. 1999. Vegetation map of the Sierra del Carmen, U.S.A. and Mexico. Final report submitted to Big Bend National Park by the New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. 57 pp.