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CEGL007763 Varilla texana - Castela erecta ssp. texana - Isocoma coronopifolia / Hilaria belangeri Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Saladillo - Texan Goatbush - Common Goldenbush / Curly-mesquite Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occurs on nearly level to undulating terraces between gravelly, fossiliferous slopes. The community has a relatively open stratum of medium to short shrubs, characterized by Varilla texana, Castela erecta ssp. texana, Isocoma coronopifolia, Condalia spathulata, Frankenia johnstonii, Hechtia glomerata, Jatropha dioica, Tiquilia canescens, and a diversity of small cactus species, including Escobaria emskoetteriana, Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. fitchii, and others. Typical herbaceous species include Hilaria belangeri, Bouteloua dactyloides, Bouteloua trifida, Sporobolus pyramidatus, Polygala glandulosa, Chamaesyce albomarginata, and Billieturnera helleri. Clappia suaedifolia is found in some occurrences. This community occurs on saline clays, such as the Maverick series, and probably also the Montell series in Texas and possibly northern Mexico.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This community is the characteristic habitat of Frankenia johnstonii (G3).
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The community has a relatively open stratum of medium to short shrubs, characterized by Varilla texana, Castela erecta ssp. texana, Isocoma coronopifolia, Condalia spathulata, Frankenia johnstonii, Hechtia glomerata, Jatropha dioica, Tiquilia canescens, and a diversity of small cactus species, including Escobaria emskoetteriana (= Coryphantha robertii), Echinocereus reichenbachii ssp. fitchii, and others. Typical herbaceous species include Hilaria belangeri, Bouteloua dactyloides (= Buchloe dactyloides), Bouteloua trifida, Sporobolus pyramidatus, Polygala glandulosa, Chamaesyce albomarginata, and Billieturnera helleri. Clappia suaedifolia is found in some occurrences.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occurs on nearly level to undulating terraces between gravelly, fossiliferous slopes. It occurs on saline clays, such as the Maverick series, and probably also the Montell series.
Geographic Range: This community is found in Texas and possibly northern Mexico.
Nations: MX?,US
States/Provinces: MXTAM?, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.687706
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1?
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.1 Honey Mesquite - Spiny Hackberry / Multi-flower Rhodesgrass Tamaulipan Scrub & Grassland Macrogroup | M130 | 3.A.2.Na.1 |
| Group | 3.A.2.Na.1.a Honey Mesquite - Spiny Hackberry - Texas Barometerbush Thornscrub Group | G099 | 3.A.2.Na.1.a |
| Alliance | A3191 Blackbrush Acacia - Texas Barometerbush - Guajillo Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Alliance | A3191 | 3.A.2.Na.1.a |
| Association | CEGL007763 Saladillo - Texan Goatbush - Common Goldenbush / Curly-mesquite Shrubland | CEGL007763 | 3.A.2.Na.1.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: = Johnston''s frankenia habitat (USFWS 1988)
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- USFWS [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]. 1988. Johnston''s frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii) recovery plan. USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, NM. 49 pp. [http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/880524.pdf]