North American Warm Desert Pavement
Nature Serve ID: CES302.750
Geology
Often Quaternary alluvium and colluvium.
Landform
Level to gently rolling surfaces.
Soils
Gravelly sites.
Parent Description
Unvegetated to very sparsely vegetated sites on level to gently rolling, gravelly landscapes. These sites are often characterized by harsh, high temperature conditions often leading to the development of gravels coated with "desert varnish." This system may occur on alluvial flats or the level portions of bajada fans at low elevations. Larrea tridentata (creosotebush) often occurs as widely scattered shrubs.
Ecological Mapping Systems
Trans-Pecos: Desert Pavement
Mapping System ID: 11800
As described for system.
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Public Land Occurrence
- Big Bend National Park: US National Park Service
- Big Bend Ranch State Park: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Black Gap Wildlife Management Area: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Fort Leaton State Historic Site: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park: US National Park Service