The vascular flora of the Palo Alto National Battlefield Historic Site, Cameron County, Texas

Authors

Robert I. Lonard, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Alfred T. Richardson, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
N. L. Richard

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2004

Abstract

A checklist is provided of the vascular plant taxa of the 1,376 ha Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site (PABNHS) in Cameron County of south Texas. PABNHS consists of four plant communities: resacas and tanks, salt flats, brush-grasslands and coastal marshes. Vascular plants of disturbed sites are noted. Two hundred forty-three taxa in 66 families are documented and their community affiliations are given. Three families, Poaceae, Asteraceae and Fabaceae contain 37.5% of the species richness at PABNHS.

Comments

COPYRIGHT 2004 Texas Academy of Science

Recommended Citation

Lonard, Robert I., Alfred T. Richardson, and N. L. Richard. "The vascular flora of the Palo Alto National Battlefield Historic Site, Cameron County, Texas." The Texas Journal of Science 56, no. 1 (2004): 15-35.

Publication Title

The Texas Journal of Science