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CEGL004585 Pinus remota / Juniperus pinchotii - Quercus mohriana Woodland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Papershell Pinyon / Pinchot''s Juniper - Mohr Oak Woodland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

Type Concept: This community occurs at moderate elevations in the Sierra Madera of Trans-Pecos Texas. Pinus remota dominates the 4- to 10-m high canopy. Quercus mohriana and Juniperus pinchotii dominate the shrub stratum, with other species including Yucca elata. The herb layer is dominated by Bouteloua curtipendula, with Bouteloua gracilis and Agave lechuguilla also present.

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: Pinus remota dominates the 4- to 10-m high canopy. Quercus mohriana and Juniperus pinchotii dominate the shrub stratum, with other species including Yucca elata. The herb layer is dominated by Bouteloua curtipendula, with Bouteloua gracilis and Agave lechuguilla also present.

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  This community occurs at moderate elevations in the Sierra Madera of Trans-Pecos Texas.

Geographic Range: This community occurs at moderate elevations in the Sierra Madera of Trans-Pecos Texas.

Nations: MX?,US

States/Provinces:  TX




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G2G3

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

Predecessors: No Data Available

Obsolete Names: No Data Available

Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: < Pinyon - Juniper: 239 (Eyre 1980)
< Pinyon Pine-Oak Series (Diamond 1993)

Concept Author(s): A.S. Weakley

Author of Description: A.S. Weakley

Acknowledgements: No Data Available

Version Date: 10-01-96

  • Diamond, D. D. 1993. Classification of the plant communities of Texas (series level). Unpublished document. Texas Natural Heritage Program, Austin. 25 pp.
  • Eyre, F. H., editor. 1980. Forest cover types of the United States and Canada. Society of American Foresters, Washington, DC. 148 pp.
  • Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.