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ayenia limitaris
12-22-2016

Ayenia limitaris

Ayenia limitaris NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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This is a shrub growing up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) tall. The alternately arranged leaves have hairy heart-shaped blades with toothed edges. The small flowers have pinkish, greenish, or whitish petals. The fruit is a prickly capsule divided into five cells.

The plant’s native habitat was made up of subtropical riparian woodland covered in dense thickets in the floodplains of the Rio Grande delta. It is probably adapted to periodic flooding in the area, an event that is largely contained and prevented today. Only about 5% of the natural habitat, the Texas ebony-anacua (Ebenopsis ebano/Ehretia anacua) plant community, remains in this area. the rest has been fenced and fragmented by roadscanals, and ditches, plowed for agricultural use, and compacted by herds of cattle. Introduced plant species such as Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) have taken hold

Detailed information
Full Name: Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Flowering Plants
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 08/24/1994 Southwest Region (Region 2) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Texas ayenia, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Texas
  • US Counties in which the Texas ayenia, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Texas ayenia, Wherever found is known to occur: Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
  • Countries in which the the Texas ayenia, Wherever found is known to occur: Mexico
  • Additional species information
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Texas ayenia.
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
08/05/2016 Recovery Plan for the Tamaulipan Kidneypetal (Texas Ayenia) (Ayenia limitaris) Recovery efforts in progress, but no implementation information yet to display Final
Date
Title
Plan Action Status
Plan Status
08/05/2016 Recovery Plan for the Tamaulipan Kidneypetal (Texas Ayenia) (Ayenia limitaris) Recovery efforts in progress, but no implementation information yet to display Final
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
07/01/2014 79 FR 37340 Texas Ayenia Draft Recovery Plan; Correction
  • Notice Draft Recovery Plan Availability
06/25/2014 79 FR 36087 36089 Texas Ayenia Draft Recovery Plan; Notice of availability and request for comment
  • Notice Draft Recovery Plan Availability
03/20/2008 73 FR 14995 14997 5-Year Reviews of 28 Southwestern Species
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
06/02/2010 Texas Ayenia Completed Five-Year Review
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