Gaura brachycarpa Small

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Travis Co.

• Locality

  ca. 300 ft. W of gate at W end of Green Emerald Terrace, ca. 2.2 airmiles NW of R.M. 1626 bridge over Bear Creek, on Edwards 82 Tract (a Prop 2 tract). Signal Hill Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 244 m. (801 ft.)

• Coordinates

  30.1606, -97.8753

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF TEXAS
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Gaura brachycarpa Small
TRAVIS CO.: locally common in formerly grazed
grassland openings in live oak savanna on Speck soils
over Edwards limestone on karstic upland, ca. 300 ft
W of gate at W end of Green Emerald Terrace, ca. 2.2
airmiles NW of R. M. 1626 bridge over Bear Creek, on
Edwards 82 Tract (a Prop 2 tract). Signal Hill
Quadrangle. 30°09'38"N, 97°52'31"W. Elev. 800 ft
Grassland dominated by Bothriochloa ischaemum, Bouteloua
rigidiseta, Buchloe dactyloides, Hilaria belangeri. Native midgrasses
scarce, but forbs abundant: Allium drummondii, Bouchetia erecta,
Coelorachis cylindrica, Gaillardia pulchella, Galium virgatum,
Hedeoma acinoides, H. Hspidum, Krameria lanceolata, Krigja gracilis,
Linum hudsonioides, Plantago patagónica, Richardia txicocca,
Rudbeckia hirta, Sedum nuttallianum, Valerianella radiata, etc.
W. R. Carr	#18946	8 May 2000
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