德克萨斯州盐水草原社区及稀有植物研究报告2009年[英文版].pptVIP

McLeod Prairie  McLeod Prairie  Warren Prairie  Texas prairie dawn Texas prairie dawn yellow hedgehyssop yellow hedgehyssop Jack Road Prairie  Texas windmill grass Hitchcock Prairie Houston daisy Rare, Endangered and Threatened plants of Saline Prairies\by Jason Singhurst May 17, 2013 TORCH Saline Prairies Conference, East Texas Natural History Collection, Hawkins, Texas Why are Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas scientists interested in saline prairies? 1. Globally rare plants, endemics, and peripherals plant species 2. Plant communities are globally rare Saline Prairies Physical Setting, Geology, and Soils Fluvial terraces adjacent to active floodplains Soils formed on loamy late Pleistocene sediments In Louisiana and Texas the soil series include Bonn, Brimstone and Lafe Saline Prairie General Appearance Short to medium in height grass canopy Density of grasses is variable but usually sparse Broad flats and wet depressions Slicks that are devoid of vegetation (natric horizon that is characterized by high levels of exchangeable Na – often associated with arid or semi-arid environments) Cryptogramic crust composed of algae, mosses, and lichens Saline Prairie Flats and Pimple Mounds Saline Prairie Wet Depressions Saline Prairie Distribution in the West Gulf Costal Plain Saline Prairies Plant Communities Bottomland Prairies Plantago pusilla - Sporobolus pyramidatus - Phemeranthus parviflorus –Cleomella angustifolia (Sedum nuttallianum) Association (Keith et al.2004) Silveus Dropseed Prairies Plantago hybrida - Sporobolus pyramindatus - Iva angustifolia - Phemeranthus parviflorus (Hymenoxys perpygmaea ) Association (Mink et al. 2012) Coastal Prairies Sporobolus pyramidatus – Spergularia echinosperma – Iva angustifolia – Hymenoxys texana – (Thurovia triflora) (Singhurst et al. – unpublished ms) Anderson Saline Prairie  Earth-fruit on cryptogramic soils Earth-fruit Wright’s lily narrowleaf rhombopod  narrowleaf rhombopod  Big Cypre