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CEGL007755 Vachellia farnesiana - Parkinsonia aculeata Riparian Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Sweet Acacia - Jerusalem-thorn Riparian Forest
Colloquial Name: Huisache - Retama Riparian Forest
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This community occupies resaca bottoms and other intermittently or temporarily flooded areas in Texas and northern Mexico. It is dominated by Vachellia farnesiana, Parkinsonia aculeata, Mimosa pigra, and Sesbania drummondii. Height and closure of canopy are variable. The shrub Mimosa pigra often forms a zonal band on the edge of this community.
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: It is dominated by Vachellia farnesiana (= Acacia minuta ssp. minuta), Parkinsonia aculeata, Mimosa pigra, and Sesbania drummondii. Height and closure of canopy are variable. The shrub Mimosa pigra often forms a zonal band on the edge of this community.
Dynamics: No Data Available
Environmental Description: This community occupies resaca bottoms and other intermittently or temporarily flooded areas in Texas and northern Mexico.
Geographic Range: This association is found in Texas and northern Mexico.
Nations: MX,US
States/Provinces: MXTAM, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689757
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G4
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nd Western North American Interior Flooded Forest Division | D013 | 1.B.3.Nd |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nd.2 Interior Warm & Cool Desert Riparian Forest Macrogroup | M036 | 1.B.3.Nd.2 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nd.2.a Rio Grande Palmetto - Texas Ebony - Cedar Elm Tamaulipan Riparian Scrub Group | G549 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.a |
| Alliance | A3841 Sweet Acacia - Spiny Hackberry Riparian Scrub Alliance | A3841 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.a |
| Association | CEGL007755 Sweet Acacia - Jerusalem-thorn Riparian Forest | CEGL007755 | 1.B.3.Nd.2.a |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Diamond, D. D. 1993. Classification of the plant communities of Texas (series level). Unpublished document. Texas Natural Heritage Program, Austin. 25 pp.
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.
- TNHS [Texas Natural History Survey]. No date. Unpublished data. Texas Natural History Survey, The Nature Conservancy, San Antonio.