Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Starr Co.

• Locality

  on Cabin Hill on Las Estrellas Preserve, ca. 0.5 mi W of R.M. 3167 at a point 7-8 roadmiles N of jct. US Rt. 83 at W edge of Rio Grande City. Roma--Los Saenz Quadrangle

• Elevation

  Alt. 88 m. (289 ft.)

• Coordinates

  26.4709, -98.8768

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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FLORA OF TEXAS
The Nature Conservancy of Texas
Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link.
STARR CO.: abundant in mostly herbaceous vegetation in
old root-plowed area on gravelly saline clay (Catarina soils)
on valley flat on gently rolling landscape underlain by
mudstones and claystones of the Catahoula and Frio
formations (undivided), just W of Cabin Hill on Las
Estrellas Preserve, ca. 0.5 mi W of R. M. 3167 at a point 7-8
roadmiles N of jet. US Rt. 83 at W edge of Rio Grande City,
at N26°28'15.1”, W098°52#3&3M Roma-Los Saenz
Quadrangle. Elev. 290 ft.
Vegetation dominated by Pennisetum ciliaie, Pappophorum vaginatum,
Isocoma coronopifolia, Sporobolus pyramidatus, Varilla texana,
Bouteloua trifida, Acacia famesiana. Other associated included Acacia
rigidula, A. schaffneri, Dichanthium annulatum, Gutienezia texana,
Opuntia leptocaulis, O. lindheimeri, Prosopis reptans.
w. R. Carr
#29241
4 November 2010
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