Bouteloua trifida Thurb. ex S.Watson

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Val Verde Co.

• Locality

  W side of main road on plateau top between Big and Little Satan canyons, ca. 2.0 airmiles E of mouth of Little Satan Canyon at Devils River. Satan Canyon Quadrangle. Devils River State Natural Area Southern Unit

• Elevation

  Alt. 475 - 482 m. (1558 - 1581 ft.)

• Coordinates

  29.7021, -100.974

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF TEXAS
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Bouteloua trifida Thurb.
VAL VERDE CO.: occasional in grassland on relatively
deep clay or clay loam on flat upland landscape underlain by
limestone, W side of main road on plateau top between Big
and Little Satan canyons, ca. 2.0 airmiles E of mouth of
Little Satan Canyon at Devils River, at N29°42.123’,
W100°58.461’. Satan Canyon Quadrangle. Elev. 1560-1580
ft. Devils River State Natural Area Southern Unit.
Grassland dominated by Hilaria belangeri, Parthenium confertum and
Croton monanthogynus. Other associates included Aristida sp.,
Bouteloua curtipendula, B. trifida, Desmanthus velutinus, Digitaria
cognata, Ditaxis humilis, Erioneuron pilosum, Ipomoea costellata,
Portulaca pilosa, Quincula lobata, Salvia reflexa, Senna lindheimeriana,
Thymophylla pentachaeta, Verbena canescens.
W. R. Carr
#32076
16 October 2012
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