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A3247 Prosopis glandulosa Scrub Woodland Alliance
Type Concept Sentence: This scrub woodland alliance ranges from western Oklahoma into western and central Texas and is characterized by a scattered canopy of Prosopis glandulosa over native grasses and forbs.
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Honey Mesquite Scrub Woodland Alliance
Colloquial Name: Honey Mesquite Scrub Woodland
Hierarchy Level: Alliance
Type Concept: This scrub woodland alliance ranges from western Oklahoma into western and central Texas and is characterized by a scattered canopy of Prosopis glandulosa over native grasses and forbs. It represents natural stands with an open canopy dominated or codominated by Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa. Associated species can include Ziziphus obtusifolia, Quercus fusiformis, Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Nassella leucotricha, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua gracilis, Bouteloua hirsuta, Bouteloua dactyloides, and Schizachyrium scoparium. This alliance may occur on a variety of substrates including gypsum hills, sandy plains, and valleys.
Diagnostic Characteristics: Prosopis glandulosa scrub woodlands over mixedgrass prairie species.
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: This alliance is poorly documented. There may be associations currently classified elsewhere that belong here, there may be undescribed associations, and/or this alliance may need to be merged with ~Prosopis glandulosa Shortgrass Prairie Ruderal Scrub Alliance (A3952)$$. Classification of this alliance is complicated because it may be difficult to distinguish native vegetation from compositionally and structurally similar ruderal vegetation. This alliance as described does not include vegetation characterized by Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa occurring in southern Texas.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: This alliance is a short-statured, open-canopied woodland or shrubland.
Floristics: The open canopy is dominated or codominated by Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa. Associated species can include Ziziphus obtusifolia, Quercus fusiformis, Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Nassella leucotricha, Bouteloua curtipendula, Bouteloua gracilis, Bouteloua hirsuta, Bouteloua dactyloides (= Buchloe dactyloides), and Schizachyrium scoparium.
Dynamics: More information is needed to better describe the dynamics for this vegetation. Fire, climate, native grazing and edaphic factors all likely played a role historically in maintaining this vegetation. Loss of these natural processes may have resulted in a shift toward a more closed canopy, increase in successional woody species, and decrease in native grass cover.
Environmental Description: This alliance may occur on a variety of substrates including gypsum hills, sandy plains, and valleys.
Geographic Range: This scrub woodland alliance ranges from western Oklahoma into western and central Texas.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: OK, TX
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.899371
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: GNR
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 2 Shrub & Herb Vegetation Class | C02 | 2 |
| Subclass | 2.B Temperate & Boreal Grassland & Shrubland Subclass | S18 | 2.B |
| Formation | 2.B.2 Temperate Grassland & Shrubland Formation | F012 | 2.B.2 |
| Division | 2.B.2.Nb Central North American Grassland & Shrubland Division | D023 | 2.B.2.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 2.B.2.Nb.5 Ashe''s Juniper - Pinchot''s Juniper - Mohr Oak Scrub & Open Vegetation Macrogroup | M158 | 2.B.2.Nb.5 |
| Group | 2.B.2.Nb.5.c Honey Mesquite - Lotebush Scrub Group | G192 | 2.B.2.Nb.5.c |
| Alliance | A3247 Honey Mesquite Scrub Woodland Alliance | A3247 | 2.B.2.Nb.5.c |
| Association | CEGL002133 Honey Mesquite / Sideoats Grama - Texas Wintergrass Woodland | CEGL002133 | 2.B.2.Nb.5.c |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Faber-Langendoen, D., J. Drake, M. Hall, G. Kittel, S. Menard, C. Nordman, M. Pyne, M. Reid, M. Russo, K. Schulz, L. Sneddon, K. Snow, and J. Teague. 2013-2019b. Screening alliances for induction into the U.S. National Vegetation Classification: Part 1 - Alliance concept review. NatureServe, Arlington, VA.