01 December 2022.
Texas, United States
Locality: Travis County: Mirasol Springs Farm (private 3000-acre ranch in Hays and Travis counties).
Coordinates: 30.3329, -98.1400
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Elevation: 245m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Edwards Plateau Grotto (a globally rare, endemic plant community); restricted to cliff faces and lower slopes of forested box canyons, usually in narrow horizontal bands where seepage from exposed limestone or water from perennial or nearly perennial creeks consistently provides greater moisture than is available on adjacent slopes. This community supports many rare, endemic, and/or disjunct plants and hydrophyte species.
Number of plants sampled: 6
Associated species: Adiantum capillus-veneris; Aesculus pavia var. flavescens; Aster sp.; Buddleja racemosa; Celtis laevigata; Chasmanthium latifolium; Cladium jamaicense; Equisetum hyemale; Fraxinus texensis; Juniperus ashei; Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii; Prunus serotina; Quercus muehlenbergii; Quercus fusiformis; Ruellia nudiflora; Taxodium distichum; Thelypteris ovata var. lindheimeri; Ulmus americana; Ulmus crassifolia; Ungnadia speciosa
Comment: Overlap zone between Q. buckleyi and Q. shumardii. Q. buckleyi is the common Hill Country red oak, but undersides of the leaves have axillary tufts, which is indicative of Q. shumardii. Hybrids have grewater environmental tolerance to drought, urban heat island, and higher pH soils and water. Frequency: common. Seed collected off 6 trees.
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