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CEGL004562 Larrea tridentata - Agave lechuguilla Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Creosotebush - Lechuguilla Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: Usually on rocky, sloping substrates.
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.2.687051
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4?
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 | CEGL004562 Creosotebush - Lechuguilla Shrubland | CEGL004562 | 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: = Larrea tridentata - Agave lechuguilla PA (Wood et al. 1999)
= Creosote-Lechuguilla Cover Type (Plumb 1988)
? Creosotebush-Lechuguilla (Leopold and Krausman 1988)
= Creosote-Lechuguilla Cover Type (Plumb 1988)
? Creosotebush-Lechuguilla (Leopold and Krausman 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 Unpublished document.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.
- 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.