Croton texensis

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Palo Pinto Co.

• Locality

  W side of valley ca. 3.7 airmiles W to WSW of jct. St. Rt. 16 and R.M. 2372 in Strawn. Palo Pinto Mountains State Park

• Elevation

  Alt. 366 - 372 m. (1201 - 1220 ft.)

• Coordinates

  32.521, -98.5363

• Location Notes

  [US & Canada]

• Distribution

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FLORA OF TEXAS
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Muell.-Arg.
PALO PINTO CO.: in remnants of burned woodland on
fairly steep NE-facing slope underlain by Pennsylvanian
limestone below and Pennsylvania sandstone above, W side
of valley ca. 3.7 airmiles W to WSW of jet. St. Rt. 16 and R.
M. 2372 in Strawn, at N32931.258\ W098°32.180\ Palo
Pinto Mountains State Park. Elev. 1200-1220 ft.
Area burned during 2011 wildfire. Pre-fire shrubland probably dominated
by Quercus sinuata and Juniperus ashei. Associates included Abutilon
incanum, Acalypha sp., Andropogon gerardii, Aster ericoides, Bouteloua
curtipendula, Celtis reticulata, Croton monanthogynus, Erigeron
modestus, Galactia sp., Lespedeza virginica, Mentzelia oligosperma, Rhus
copallina, Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Smilax bona-nox, Solidago radula,
Sporobolus compositus, Toxicodendron sp, Tragia ramosa, Wissadula
holosericea, Yucca pallida.
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W. R. Carr
#31959
8 October 2012
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