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CEGL004560 Artemisia filifolia / Bouteloua breviseta - Gaillardia multiceps Shrubland
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sand Sagebrush / Gypsum Grama - Onion Blanket-flower Shrubland
Colloquial Name: No Data Available
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occupies moist interdune swales over gypsum sand in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas and possibly adjacent areas. It occurs in association with several other communities in this alliance. Typical shrubs are Artemisia filifolia, Krameria lanceolata, Psorothamnus scoparius, and Yucca elata. The dwarf-shrub Tiquilia hispidissima may also be present. Herbaceous species are prominent, including Bouteloua breviseta, Bouteloua trifida, Gaillardia multiceps, Sporobolus flexuosus, Sporobolus nealleyi, Sporobolus contractus, Sporobolus giganteus, Munroa squarrosa, Senecio warnockii, Sartwellia flaveriae, Dimorphocarpa wislizeni, Nerisyrenia linearifolia, Tidestromia lanuginosa, Lepidium alyssoides var. angustifolium, Mentzelia humilis, Mentzelia saxicola, Thelesperma megapotamicum, and Sphaeralcea incana. Many of the species present are gypsophiles or gypsum endemics.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: Examples at TNC Gypsum Dunes Preserve.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: Typical shrubs are Artemisia filifolia, Krameria lanceolata, Psorothamnus scoparius, and Yucca elata. The dwarf-shrub Tiquilia hispidissima may also be present. Herbaceous species are prominent, including Bouteloua breviseta, Bouteloua trifida, Gaillardia multiceps, Sporobolus flexuosus, Sporobolus nealleyi, Sporobolus contractus, Sporobolus giganteus, Munroa squarrosa, Senecio warnockii, Sartwellia flaveriae, Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (= Dithyrea wislizeni), Nerisyrenia linearifolia, Tidestromia lanuginosa, Lepidium alyssoides var. angustifolium (= Lepidium montanum var. angustifolium), Mentzelia humilis, Mentzelia saxicola, Thelesperma megapotamicum, and Sphaeralcea incana. Many of the species present are gypsophiles or gypsum endemics.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occupies moist interdune swales over gypsum sand.
Geographic Range: This association is found only in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas and possibly adjacent areas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689231
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G1G2
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.3 Black Grama - Bullgrass - Tobosa Grass Chihuahuan Semi-Desert Grassland Macrogroup | M087 | 3.A.2.Na.3 |
| Group | 3.A.2.Na.3.b Hairy Crinklemat / Gypsum Grama - Gyp Dropseed Grassland Group | G492 | 3.A.2.Na.3.b |
| Alliance | A3242 Sand Sagebrush / Sand Bluestem - Gypsum Grama Gypsum Dune Desert Grassland Alliance | A3242 | 3.A.2.Na.3.b |
| Association | CEGL004560 Sand Sagebrush / Gypsum Grama - Onion Blanket-flower Shrubland | CEGL004560 | 3.A.2.Na.3.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: < Sandsage-Midgrass Series (Diamond 1993)
- Diamond, D. D. 1993. Classification of the plant communities of Texas (series level). Unpublished document. Texas Natural Heritage Program, Austin. 25 pp.
- Powell, A. M., and B. L. Turner. 1974. Aspects of the plant biology of the gypsum outcrops of the Chihuahuan Desert. Pages 315-325 in: R. H. Wauer and D. H. Riskind, editors. Transactions of the Symposium on the Biological Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert region, United States and Mexico. USDI National Park Service, Washington, DC.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.