Aristida purpurascens Poir.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Bastrop Co.

• Locality

  ca. 0.5 airmiles ENE of Hoppy Springs, ca. 0.9-1.0 airmiles SE to SSE of jct. St. Rt. 21 and F.M. 1441 NE of Bastrop. Bastrop State Park. Smithville NW Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 140 - 143 m. (459 - 469 ft.)

• Coordinates

  30.1409, -97.2128

• Distribution

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FLORA OF TEXAS
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Aristida	i * * f'*
BASTROP CO.: occasional in grassland associated with
post oak woodland on gently rolling landscape underlain by
Reklaw Formation, on well drained, slightly acid, sandy
gravelly soils mapped as Axtell-Tabor complex, ca. 0.5
airmiles ENE of Hoppy Springs, ca. 0.9-1.0 airmiles SE to
SSE of jet. St. Rt. 21 and F. M. 1441 NE of Bastrop, at
N30°08.456’, W097°l 2.769”. Bastrop State Park. Smithville
NW Quadrangle. Elev. 460-470 ft. Area lightly burned
during Bastrop Complex Wildfire of September 2011.
Associates included Ambrosia psilostachya, Andropogon temarius,
Aristida longespica, A. oligantha, Aster patens, Bothriochloa laguroides,
Croton capitatus, C. monanthogynus, Digitaria cognata, Diodia teres,
Eragrostis secundiflora, Helenium amarum, Hypericum drummondii,
Lechea sp., Lespedeza hirta, Liatris aspera, L. mucronata, Opuntia sp.,
Paspalum notatum, Polygonum ramosissimum, Schizachyrium scoparium,
Solidago radula, Sporobolus composite, Steinchisma hians, Tephrosia
virginiana, Trichostema dichotomum, Vemonia texana.
W. R. Carr
#32266-A
29 October 2012
02578400