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In Texas, Lophophora williamsii occurs within the biotic zones of the Tamaulipan thornscrub and the Chihuahuan Desert. |
Acacia amentacea (i.e. A. rigidula) "black-brush acacia" |
Castela texana "amargoso" |
Celtis pallida "granjeno" or "desert hackberry" |
Condalia obovata "brazil" |
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Karwinskia humboldtiana "coyotillo" |
Larrea tridentata "gobernadora" or "creosote Bush" |
Leucophyllum frutescens "cenizo" or "Texas sage" |
Guaiacum (Porlieria) angustifolia "guayacan" |
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Prosopis juliflora "mesquite" |
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Flora associated with Lophophora williamsii williamsii in the Tamaulipan Thornscrub of South Texas Click on the link above to take a look at the progress on this actively ongoing project |
Many plants in the Chihuahuan Desert are also components of the Tamaulipan thornscrub, including, in small part, Acacia berlandieri, Acacia rigidula, Castela erecta texana, Celtis pallida, Echinocactus texensis, Echinocereus enneacanthus, Larrea tridentata, Leucophyllum frutescens, Lippia graveolens, Jatropha dioica, Koeberlinia spinosa, Mammillaria heyderii, Opuntia engelmannii, Opuntia leptocaulis, Porlieria angustifolia, Prosopis glandulosa, Schaeferia cuneifolia, and Viguiera stenoloba. |
Edward Anderson 1980 The Divine Cactus
pages
149-151 presented the following plants as
associated with
Chihuahuan Desert peyote with a 'relative frequency of co-occurrence':
Larrea tridentata "gobernadora" or "creosote bush" over 75% |
Jatropha dioica "leather plant" 70% |
Prosopis laevigata "mesquite" 70% |
Opuntia leptocaulis "tasajillo" or "pencil cactus" 70% |
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Mammillaria spp. "fish-hook cactus" "nipple cactus" "pin cushion cactus" 50% |
Echinocactus horizonthalonius "eagle's claw cactus" 50% Commonly abundant in vicinity of L. williamsii; growing together rarely. |
Flourensia cernua "tarbush" 50% |
Agave lechuguilla "lechuguilla" 50% |
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Coryphantha spp. 40% |
Acacia spp. "acacia" 40% |
Condalia spp. "lotebush" 40% |
Neolloydia spp. 40% |
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Euphorbia antisyphilitica "candelilla" less than 40% |
Tiquilia canescens (Coldenia canescens) "woolly crinklemat" less than 40% |
Koeberlinia spinosa "crucifixion thorn" less than 40% |
Yucca filifera "yucca" 40% |
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Hamatocactus spp. 40% |
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Flora associated with Lophophora williamsii echinata in the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas Click on the link above to take a look at the progress on this actively ongoing project |
This photo documentation of
plants associated with Lophophora is still in mid-assembly and
has much work left to do.
In the course of field work 2009-present day, a total of seven sites containing Lophophora populations have been explored with this project in mind using kt's camera; three of those were in Tamaulipan thornscrub and four in the Chihuahuan Desert. Those form the present basis of this project. Dr. Terry has examined many more populations in Texas and Mexico that are not presently a part of this floristic assessment. At all of those sites just
mentioned there were at least one Acacia species, at least one Condalia
species, some nature of at least one crust community, an Echinocactus
species, at least one Echinocereus species, Jatropha dioica,
Koeberlinia spinosa, at least one Leucophyllum
species, assorted lichens, a Mammillaria species, at least one Opuntia
species, Opuntia leptocaulis and at least one Yucca
species.
Castela texana, a Coryphantha,
an Ephedra, Guaiacum, a Prosopis, Schaeferia, a Tiquilia,
a Thymophylla and a Viguiera were observed at all but
one site each and may possibly have been overlooked at the exceptions
mentioned.
Agave lechuguilla,
Euphorbia
antisyphilitica, Larrea tridentata and a Mimosa
species were present at all four West Texas sites. Karwinskia humboldtiana
was present at all South Texas sites that included Lophophora
as well as on all three additional properties we visited in South Texas
that lacked Lophophora.
All of the plants mentioned
also
grow many places lacking any Lophophora.
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