Carlowrightia linearifolia (Torr.) A.Gray

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Presidio Co.

• Locality

  Tascotal Formation, S side of Matonoso Creek ca. 1/2 mile downstream from (SE of) low water crossing on St. Rt. 169, ca 3.6-3.7 airmiles NNW of St. Rt. 169 bridge over Alamito Creek just N of Plata. Kennedy Ranch (Dixon Water Formation). Plata NE Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 1167 - 1170 m. (3829 - 3839 ft.)

• Coordinates

  29.9243, -104.035

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FLORA OF TEXAS
Acme Botanical Services
Carlowrightia linearifolia (Torr.) Gray
PRESIDIO CO.: shrub to 1 meter tall; frequent in shrubland
on valley flat on otherwise rolling landscape underlain by
tuffaceous sandstone and conglomerate of the Tascotal
Formation, S side of Matonoso Creek ca. ¥z mile
downstream from (SE of) low water crossing on St. Rt. 169,
ca. 3.6-3.7 airmiles NNW of St. Rt 169 bridge over Alamito
Creek just N of Plata, at N29°55.458\ W104°02.088\
Kennedy Ranch (Dixon Water Foundation). Plata NE
Quadrangle. Elev. 3830-3840 ft.
Common species included Prosopis glandulosa, Acacia constricta,
Bouteloua trifida, Tidestromia lanuginosa, Eragrostis lehmanniana. Other
associates included Acacia constricta, Amaranthus palmeri, Aristida
temipes, Bouteloua aristidoides, B barbata, Buddleja marrubiifolia,
Condalia ericoides, Croton pottsii, Dasyochloa pulchella, Digitaria
californica, Enneapogon desvauxii, Ephedra trifurca, Kallstroemia
parviflora, Muhlenbergia porteri, Parthenium incanum, Pectis tenella,
Rhus microphylla, Salsola sp., Setaria leucopila, Solanum elaeagnifolium,
Sporobolus cryptandrus, Thelesperma megapotamicum, Tragia 31777,
Yucca sp., Zinnia grandiflora.
W. R. Carr
(with Robert Potts)
#31776
18 September 2012
02681727