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Colubrina texensis (Torr. & Gray) Gray

Hog-plum, Texan hogplum, Texas colubrina, Texas snakewood
Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn Family)

USDA Symbol: COTE6
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data

Colubrina texensis

Snakewood, Hogplum

Rhamnaceae

Location: Fencerow S of E-W path, 30 m E of wooden bridge--Oakwell Farms.
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Partial shade, above avg moisture. Alkaline, alluvial soil.

Description: Shrub, to 1.5 m tall, much branched, shifting direction at each node. Leaves fasciculate, ovate, 7 x 14 mm on 2-3 mm petiole. Flowers glomerate on 5 m peduncle.

County: Bexar
 Collector: Harry Cliffe
 Collection Date: Apr 26, 1987
 Specimen number: 80

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 0302
 Accession Date: Mar 3, 1993
 Accession Number: 22

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