Description

Texas ebony is a small, evergreen tree that reaches a height of and a crown width of . TexasEbony

Habitat and range

The range of ''E. ebano'' stretches from Laredo and

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south through the states of Tamaulipas,

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, Veracruz,

Campeche Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...

, and Yucatán in Mexico. It can be found in the

Tamaulipan matorral The Tamaulipan matorral is an ecoregion in the deserts and xeric shrublands biome on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental range in northeastern Mexico. It is a transitional ecoregion between the Tamaulipan mezquital and the Sierra Madr ...

, Tamaulipan mezquital,

Veracruz dry forests The Veracruz dry forests are a tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion located in central Veracruz, Mexico. They cover an area of . The dry climate is a result of the rain shadow created by the Sierra de Chiconquiaco. The fores ...

, and

Yucatán dry forests The Yucatán dry forests is a tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion in southern Mexico. It includes the dry forests of the northwestern Yucatán Peninsula. Geography The Yucatán dry forests occupy the northwestern portion of the Yucatán Pen ...

ecoregions. Its habitat extends from sea level to , averages in temperature, and receives a mean of of annual rainfall.

Uses

Texas ebony is cultivated in

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for its dense foliage and fragrant flowers. It is also used in

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Ecology

''Ebenopsis ebano'' is a

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plant for the

caterpillar Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...

s of the coyote cloudywing ('' Achalarus toxeus'') and '' Sphingicampa blanchardi''. The seedpods host the bean weevils '' Stator beali'' and '' S. limbatus''. Despite the native range of Texas ebony overlapping with that of the latter, ''S. limbatus'' only feeds upon it in locales where it is grown as an ornamental and is not native. ''E. ebano'' is also a preferred host of the

epiphyte An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...

Bailey's ball moss ('' Tillandsia baileyi'').

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* * * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q5331755 Mimosoids Plants described in 1996 Trees of the Yucatán Peninsula Trees of Campeche Trees of Nuevo León Trees of Tamaulipas Trees of the South-Central United States Trees of Veracruz Garden plants of North America Plants used in bonsai