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BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

SPECIES: Nolina microcarpa | Sacahuista
GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : Sacahuista is a long-lived, perennial, evergreen, monocot half shrub [14,17,25]. The plant has a basal rosette of long, narrow leaves from a large, underground, woody caudex that sends up flower stalks 8.2 feet (2.5 m) in height [24]. The flower head is a densely flowered, terminal panicle; the fruit is a three-lobed capsule [17]. RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : Undisturbed State: Phanerophyte (microphanerophyte). Burned or clipped state: Hemicryptophyte. REGENERATION PROCESSES : Sacahuista reproduces sexually [17], and it resprouts from the woody caudex [7]. SITE CHARACTERISTICS : Sacahuista achieves dominance on the more mesic slopes and flats above 5,000 feet (1,515 m) in the arid Southwest [14]. Soils: Sacahuista occurs in the Alfisol, Aridisol, Entisol, and Mollisol soil orders [13]. Climate: Sacahuista inhabits areas where the winters are short and mild and the summers are long and hot. The annual precipitation is 12 to 18 inches (25-45 cm) per year, with the majority of it falling in the summer [3,4,5]. Elevation: Sacahuista grows at elevations ranging from 3,000 to 6,500 feet (900-1,970 m) [17]. SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : Sacahuista is a member of the climax vegetation of the pinyon-juniper woodland but also has qualities of an invader. It increases in response to grazing and increases under a regime of fire suppression [31]. SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : Sacahuista flowers fom May to June depending on latitude and elevation [17].

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