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University of Texas at Austin Herbarium

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Taxon: Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash
Family: Poaceae

Collector: W. R. Carr|Debbie Benesh   26152   

Date: 2007-07-25

Verbatim Date: 2007-7-25

Locality: United States, Texas, Starr, E edge of Las Estrellas Preserve, just inside gate on W side of R. M. 3167 ca. 7.5-7.6 roadmiles N of jct. US Rt. 83 (at west edge of Rio Grande City).

26.47597  -98.86919

Habitat: With Varilla texana in low-stature vegetation among stunted mesquite on deep saline clay (Catarina Series) on flats below gravelly hills underlain by Catahoula and Frio formations. Associates include Amoreuxia wrightii, Billieturnera helleri, Bouteloua trifida, Castela erecta, Hilaria belangeri, Jatropha cathartica, J. dioica, Opuntia leptocaulis, O. lindheimeri, Pennisetum ciliare, Prosopis glandulosa, Setaria macrostachya, Sporobolus pyramidatus, S. wrightii, Varilla texana.

Preparations: Sheet

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Record ID: 0c70db78-98cd-44ea-96c7-4f85a8d48d54

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: George Yatskievych (george.yatskievych@austin.utexas.edu)