Croton humilis L.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Texas

• County/Municipio

  Cameron Co.

• Locality

  Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Unit 2, ca. 150 m NE of lookout tower near Impoundment 4

• Elevation

  Alt. 5 m. (16 ft.)

• Coordinates

  26.1724, -97.4193

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  23752

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Coordinates of park center were located. Linear extent was calculated as the distance between coordinates and farthest extent of park (23740 m). Uncertainty radius was determined using the MaNIS Georef. Calculator.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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PLANTS OF TEXAS
Croton humilis L.
duplicate determined by L. H* Shinners, 27-X-59
Cameron County? Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife
Refuge, Unit 2, ca. 150 m. NE of lookout tower near
Impoundment 4. Altitudes 15 feet.
Dry hillside 50 m. from and ca. 5 above Laguna.
Hard packed gray-brown silt, cracking at surface.
Zizyphus sp.-Opuntia lindh<= complex.
Shrub, 1 m. Basal diam., 1 cm. Regularly and densely
branched. Bark blotchy gray-tan, some vertical
striations, Leaves yield soapy odor when crushed.
Very pale green floral parts, except white stamens
and stigmas.
Collected by Alfred Trovers«, No. 1120	27-IV-59
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BOTANICAL CLUB
Eighteenth Distribution of Southeastern Plants
1717, Croton humilis L.
Shrub, 1 m* basal diam., 1 cm* Regularly and densely
branched; bark blotchy gray-tan, some vertical
striations; leaves yield soapy odor when crushed; very
pale green floral parts, except stamens and stigmas*
Dry hillside 50 m* from and ca* 5 ®* above Laguna;
hard packed gray-brown silt, cracking at surface;
Zlzvphus sd*--Opuntia lindh. complex* Laguna Atascosa
Nat* Wildlife Refuge, Unit 2 ca. 150 m* NE of lookout
tower near impoundment, Alt. 15 it*, Cameron Co*, Texas.
April 27, 1959
Alfred Traverse - 1120 Det. L. H* Shinners (27-X-59)
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