Eragrostis curtipedicellata Buckley

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Starr Co.

• Locality

  ca. 5.8 airmiles NW of jct. W-bound US Rt. 83 and F.M. 755 in downtown Rio Grande City. Rio Grande City North Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 98 m. (322 ft.)

• Coordinates

  26.4467, -98.8661

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF TEXAS
The Nature Conservancy of Texas
Eragrostis curtipedicellata Buckl.
STARR CO.: occasional along margins of medium- to tall-
stature thorn shrubland on Zapata soils (well drained,
calcareous, moderately alkaline but non-saline Aridisols) on
high point of gently rolling landscape underlain by
Catahoula and Frio formations (undivided), ca. 5.8 airmiles
NW of jet. W-bound US Rt. 83 and F. M. 755 in downtown
Rio Grande City, at N26°26,48.1” W098°51’57.8”. Rio
Grande City North Quadrangle. Elev. 320 ft.
Shrubland probably dominated by Acacia rigidula. Other associates
included Acacia berlandieri, Acleisanthes obtusa, Amyris texana,
Anredera leptostachya, Bahia absinthifolia, Bouteloua trifida, Castela
erecta, Ceiosia nitida, Chenopodium berlandieri, Dalea pogonathera,
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Ephedra antisyphilitica, E. pedunculata,
Eysenhardtia texana, Guaiacum angustifolium, Helietta parvifolia,
Heliotropium angiospermum, Hibiscus martianus, Koeberlinia spinosa,
Lantana macropoda, Matelea sagittifolia, Opuntia lindheimeri,
Parkinsonia macra, Parthenium confertum, Pennisetum ciliare,
Pithecellobium ebano, Polygala glandulosa, Prosopis glandulosa,
Schaefferia cuneifolia, Setaria texana, Tetraclea coulteri, Thymophylla
pentachaeta, Tiquilia canescens, Tridens muticus, Wedelia brevifolia.
W. R. Carr
#29015
26 July 2010
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