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Vegetation of the Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE VEGETATION OF G U S E N G E L I N G WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA A FIELD CHECKLIST “Act Natural” Visit a Wildlife Management Area at our Web site: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us Cover: Illustration of Common Sassafras by Rob Fleming. HABITAT DESCRIPTION he Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area is located in the northwest corner of Anderson County, 20 miles northwest of Palestine, Texas, on T U.S. Highway 287. The management area contains 10,958 acres of land owned by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Most of the land was purchased in 1950 and 1951, with the addition of several smaller tracks through 1960. It was originally called the Derden Wildlife Management Area, but was later changed to the Engeling Wildlife Management Area in honor of Biologist Gus A. Engeling, who was killed by a poacher on the area in December 1951. The area is drained by Catfish Creek which is a tributary of the Trinity River. The topography is gently rolling to hilly, with a well-defined drainage system that empties into Catfish Creek. Most of the small streams are spring fed and normally flow year-round. The soils are mostly light colored, rapidly permeable sands on the upland, and moderately permeable, gray-brown, sandy loams in the bottom­ land along Catfish Creek. The climate is classified as moist, sub-humid, with an annual rainfall of about 40 inches. The vegetation consists of deciduous forest with an overstory of oak, hickory, sweetgum and elm; with associated understory species of dogwood, American beautyberry, huckleberry, greenbrier, etc. Shade-tolerant grasses and forbs make up a sparse cover on the forest floor. The management area has active bird rockeries, a sphagnum moss bog, and numerous sloughs and marshes along Catfish Creek. Wintering ducks and other waterbirds use the marshes as a wintering sanctuary for food and cover. Catfish Creek contains an abundance of freshwater fishes and other aquatic life. Other brochures available at the Management Area office include field checklists for FISHES, AMPHIBIANS and REPTILES, BIRDS, and MAMMALS. LEGEND • Verified occurrence on the wildlife management area. * Only known Texas site record. (e) Established exotic. (i) Introduced, but native to eastern U.S. All other listed species are of probable or possible occurrence (species examined or observed within Anderson County or adjacent counties within the general distribution and habitat of the species). 1 CHECKLIST Woody Plants Trees •Boxelder Acer negundo •Maple, Red Acer rubrum Buckeye, Ohio Aesculus glabra •Buckeye, Red Aesculus pavia •Silktree (Mimosa) Albizia julibrissin (e) •Alder, Hazel Alnus serrulata •Devil’s Walkingstick Aralia spinosa •Birch, River Betula nigra •Hornbeam, American Carpinus caroliniana Hickory, Mockernut Carya alba •Hickory, Water Carya aquatica •Pecan Carya illinoinensis •Hickory, Black Carya texana •Catalpa, Northern Catalpa speciosa (i) •Hackberry, Sugar Celtis laevigata •Hackberry, Dwarf Celtis tenuifolia •Redbud Cercis canadensis •Dogwood, Flowering Cornus florida Hawthorn, Barberry Crataegus berberifolia •Hawthorn, Cockspur Crataegus crus-galli •Hawthorn, Parsley Crataegus marshallii Hawthorn, Arnold Crataegus mollis •Hawthorn, Littlehip Crataegus spathulata •Hawthorn, Green Crataegus viridis Hawthorn, Warner’s Crataegus warneri •Persimmon, Common Diospyros virginiana •Swamp Privet, Eastern Forestiera acuminata •Buckthorn, Carolina Frangula caroliniana •Ash, White Fraxinus americana •Ash, Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica •Locust, Water Gleditsia aquatica •Locust, Honey Gleditsia triacanthos •Possum-haw (Deciduous Holly) Ilex decidua •Holly, American Ilex opaca •Yaupon Ilex vomitoria •Walnut, Black Juglans nigra •Red Cedar, Eastern Juniperus virginiana •Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua •Osage Orange Maclura pomifera •Chinaberry Melia azedarach (e) •Mulberry, Red Morus rubra •Wax-myrtle, Southern Myrica cerifera 2 •Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica •Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana •Pine, Shortleaf Pinus echinata •Pine, Loblolly Pinus taeda •Planertree (Water-Elm) Planera aquatica •Sycamore, American Plantanus occidentalis •Cottonwood, Eastern Populus deltoides •Mesquite, Honey Prosopis glandulosa •Laurel Cherry, Carolina Prunus caroliniana •Plum, Mexican Prunus mexicana •Cherry, Black Prunus serotina •Plum, Flatwood (Hog Plum) Prunus umbellata •Oak, Sawtooth Quercus acutissima (e) •Oak, White Quercus alba •Oak, Southern Red Quercus falcata •Oak, Bluejack Quercus incana •Oak, Overcup Quercus lyrata •Oak, Blackjack Quercus marilandica •Oak, Water Quercus nigra •Oak, Nuttall’s Quercus nuttallii •Oak, Willow Quercus phellos •Oak, Shumard’s Quercus shumardii •Oak, Sand Post Quercus stellata var. margaretta •Oak, Post Quercus stellata var. stellata •Sumac, Flameleaf Rhus copallinum •Sumac, Prairie Rhus lanceolata •Locust, Black Robinia pseudoacacia (i) •Willow, Black Salix nigra •Soapberry, Western Sapindus saponaria •Tallow Tree, Chinese Sapium sebiferum (e) •Sassafras Sassafras albidum •Chittamwood Sideroxylon lanuginosum •Baldcypress Taxodium distichum •Basswood, Carolina Tilia americana •Elm, Winged Ulmus alata •Elm, American Ulmus americana •Elm, Cedar Ulmus crassifolia •Elm, Slippery Ulmus rubra •Farkleberry Vaccinium arboreum •Arrowwood, Downy Viburnum rafinesquianum •Hercules’ Club Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Shrubs •False Indigo, Panicled Amorpha paniculata •Baccharis, Eastern Baccharis halimifolia •Beautyberry, American Callicarpa americana •Tea, New Jersey Ceanothus americanus 3 •Buttonbush, Common Cephalanthus occidentalis •Dogwood, Roughleaf Cornus drummondii •Hawthorn, One-flower Crataegus uniflora •Forestiera, Privet Forestiera ligustrina •St. Andrew’s Cross Hypericum hypericoides •Crepemyrtle Lagerstroemia indica (e) •Privet, Chinese Ligustrum sinense (e) •Spicebush, Northern Lindera benzoin •Wax-mallow, Drummond’s Malvaviscus drummondii •Aloe, False Manfreda virginica •Wax-myrtle, Evergreen Myrica heterophylla •Pricklypear, Eastern Opuntia humifusa •Pricklypear, Twistspine Opuntia macrorhiza •Pricklypear, Erect Opuntia stricta •Plum, Chickasaw Prunus angustifolia Plum, Oklahoma Prunus gracilis •Azalea, Texas Rhododendron oblongifolium •Sumac, Fragrant Rhus aromatica •Sumac, Smooth Rhus glabra •Skunkbush Rhus trilobata •Rose, Climbing Rosa setigera •Palmetto, Dwarf Sabal minor •Elderberry, Common Sambucus nigra •Coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Sumac, Poison Toxicodendron vernix •Viburnum, Possumhaw Viburnum nudum •Blackhaw, Rusty Viburnum rufidulum •Yucca, Gulf Coast Yucca louisianensis Vines •Peppervine Ampelopsis arborea Peppervine, Heartleaf Ampelopsis cordata •Supplejack, Alabama Berchemia scandens •Buckwheat Vine, American Brunnichia ovata •Trumpetcreeper Campsis radicans •Treebine, Ivy Cissus incisa •Snailseed, Carolina Cocculus carolinus Jessamine, Carolina Gelsemium sempervirens •Honeysuckle, Japanese Lonicera japonica (e) •Honeysuckle, Trumpet Lonicera sempervirens •Melonette, Drooping Melothria pendula •Creeper, Virginia Parthenocissus quinquefolia •Gooseberry, Granite Ribes curvatum •Dewberry, Garden Rubus aboriginum Dewberry, Falling Rubus apogaeus •Dewberry, Sawtooth Rubus argutus Dewberry, Northern Rubus flagellaris 4 •Dewberry, Rio Grande Rubus riograndis •Greenbriar, Saw Smilax bona-nox •Greenbriar, Cat Smilax glauca •Greenbriar, Laurel Smilax laurifolia •Greenbriar, Roundleaf Smilax rotundifolia •Greenbriar, Small’s Smilax smallii •Chinaroot Smilax tamnoides •Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans •Grape, Summer Vitis aestivalis •Grape, Graybark Vitis cinerea •Grape, Mustang Vitis mustangensis •Grape, Catbird Vitis palmata •Grape, Muscadine Vitis rotundifolia Grape, Fox Vitis vulpina Nonwoody (Herbaceous) Plants Grasses Bentgrass, Elliott’s Agrostis elliottiana •Bentgrass, Winter Agrostis hyemalis •Bentgrass, Upland Agrostis perennans •Bentgrass, Rough Agrostis scabra •Hairgrass, Silver Aira caryophyllea (e) •Hairgrass, Annual Silver Aira elegans (e) •Foxtail, Carolina Alopecurus carolinianus •Bluestem, Big Andropogon gerardii •Bluestem, Bushy Andropogon glomeratus •Bluestem, Splitbeard Andropogon ternarius •Bluestem, Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus •Threeawn, Curly Aristida desmantha •Threeawn, Woolysheath Aristida lanosa •Threeawn, Slimspike Aristida longispica •Threeawn, Prairie Aristida oligantha •Threeawn, Purple Aristida purpurea •Threeawn, Arrowfeather Aristida purpurascens •Giant Cane Arundinaria gigantea •Oats, Common Avena sativa (e) •Carpetgrass, Broadleaf Axonopus compressus •Carpetgrass, Common Axonopus fissifolius •Carpetgrass, Big Axonopus furcatus •Bluestem, King Ranch Bothriochloa ischaemum (e) •Bluestem, Silver Bothriochloa laguroides •Grama, Hairy Bouteloua hirsuta •Signalgrass, Broadleaf Brachiaria platyphylla •Signalgrass, Texas Brachiaria texana •Quakinggrass, Little Briza minor (e) •Rescuegrass Bromus catharticus (e) •Brome, Japanese Bromus japonicus (e) 5 •Brome, Hairy Woodland Bromus pubescens •Cheatgrass Bromus tectorum (e) •Sandbur, Coastal Cenchrus incertus •Sandbur, Coastal Cenchrus spinifex •Woodoats, Broadleaf Chasmanthium latifolium •Woodoats, Slender Chasmanthium laxum •Woodoats, Longleaf Chasmanthium sessiliflorum •Windmillgrass, Tumble Chloris verticillata •Woodreed, Stout Cinna arundinacea •Jointtail, Carolina Coelorachis cylindrica •Jointweed, Wrinkled Coelorachis rugosa •Bermudagrass Cynodon dactylon (e) •Rosette Grass, Needleleaf Dichanthelium aciculare •Panicgrass, Western Dichanthelium acuminatum •Panicgrass, Cypress Dichanthelium dichotomum •Rosette Grass, Openflower Dichanthelium laxiflorum •Rosette Grass, Scribner’s Dichanthelium
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