Home/Species/ Texas Sacahuiste

Nolina texana

S. Wats.

Texas Sacahuiste

GNRUnranked Found in 7 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.962565

Element CodePMAGA080H0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderAsparagales

FamilyAsparagaceae

GenusNolina

Other Common Names

Bunchgrass (EN) Texas Bear-grass (EN) Texas sacahuista (EN)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvi + 723 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

This record is for the narrow treatment of Nolina texana which excludes N. greenei as a distinct species, as recognized in Hess' treatment in FNA (vol. 26, 2002). Kartesz (1994, 1999) does not recognize N. greenei in synonymy, but based on the distribution data for N. texana in Kartesz (1999) which shows a broader range consistent with the range of N. greenei in FNA those treatments probably include N. greenei in N. texana.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Texas	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (7)

Arizona (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Middle Dragoon Roadless	Coronado National Forest	10,543
Upper Dragoon Roadless	Coronado National Forest	2,533

New Mexico (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Last Chance Canyon	Lincoln National Forest	8,934
Little Dog And Pup Canyons	Lincoln National Forest	25,412
Ortega Peak	Lincoln National Forest	11,545
South Guadalupe Mountains	Lincoln National Forest	20,930
West Face Sacramento Mountains	Lincoln National Forest	41,176

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvi + 723 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.