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Ansley et al. 2021. Herbaceous production and soil nitrogen after mesquite mortality in Southern Great Plains (USA) grassland. Rangeland Ecology and Management.

 

A close up of the U.S map, specifically of Oklahoma, Kansan, Nebraska and Texas that is greyed out as a yellow blotch with a red outline covers over half of Oklahoma and some of Texas.

 

Figure S1. The Southern Great Plains (SGP) is defined in this paper (red outline) as the 368,000 km2 southern portion (latitude 31-38º N, longitude 96-104º W), or 65 % of the 569,420 km2 Central Great Plains Region of the USA (31-41º N latitude; USDA-NRCS, 2006, page 195). Distance scale is redrawn and applies to the larger map. Locations where most Prosopis soil nutrient research has been conducted in the USA and northern Mexico are shown as red dots in the inset map [southern Texas, USA (Geesing et al., 2000; McCulley et al., 2004; Boutton and Liao, 2010; Arizona, USA, Prosopis velutina (Tiedemann and Klemmedson, 1986; Wheeler et al., 2007); northern Mexico (Herrera-Arreola et al., 2007)]. The research location in the SGP in this paper is shown as a white dot in both maps.

 

Table S2. Mesquite herbicide treatment mixtures applied via helicopter on July 10, 2014 in the 4 blocks. Conditions during spraying (6:30-7:30 am): air temperature 26.1O C; relative humidity 50-56%; wind speed 0.9-1.8 m . s -1; soil temperature 28.9 oC. Total spray volume (chemical +water) in each treatment was 46.76 l . ha -1.

 

Block  Herbicide Mix  Commercial Name¹
1 and 2 clopyralid (0.32 l . ha⁻¹) Reclaim + Remedy
  triclopyr (0.35 l . ha⁻¹)  
3  clopyralid (0.63 l . ha⁻¹) Sendero + Remedy
  triclopyr (0.35 l . ha⁻¹)  
  aminopyralid (0.12 l . ha⁻¹)  
4 clopyralid (0.63 l . ha⁻¹)  Sendero
  aminopyralid (0.12 l . ha⁻¹)  

1/Commercial names of products from Corteva (formerly Dow AgroSciences).

 

Table S3. Species in each functional group frequency of occurrence in 192 clip quadrats (CS = cool season, WS = warm season; SU = season unknown. Forb seasonality determined from Hatch and Pluhar, 1993; Linex, 2014; Stubbendieck et al., 2019; and USDA-NRCS, 2020.

 

Functional Group (FG) Species Name Common Name Freq. Occur.
Species
%
Occur.
Species
Species
per FG
Freq. Occur.
FG
%
Occur.
FG
C3 Mid-grass Nassella leucotricha Texas wintergrass 142 74.0 1 142 74.0
C3 Annual Grass Hordeum pusillum Little barley 23 12.0 4 36 18.8
  Bromus japonicus Japanese brome 7 3.6      
  Bromus unioloides Rescuegrass 4 2.1      
  Vulpia octoflora Six-weeks fescue 2 1.0      
C4 Short-grass Buchloe dactyloides Buffalograss 32 16.7 5 63 32.8
  Hilaria belangeri Curly mesquite 21 10.9      
  Bouteloua hirsuta Hairy grama 6 3.1      
  Bouteloua gracilis Blue grama 3 1.6      
  Chloris verticulata Tumble windmill grass 1 0.5      
C4 Mid-grass Hopia obtusa Vine mesquite 12 6.3 6 32 16.7
  Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand dropseed 11 5.7      
  Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama 6 3.1      
  Bothriochloa laguroides Silver bluestem 1 0.5      
  Sporobolus compositus Meadow dropseed 1 0.5      
  Digitaria californica Arizona cottontop 1 0.5      
Perennial Forb Oxalis stricta Yellow wood sorrell 38 19.8 7 71 37.0
  Ambrosia psilostachya Western ragweed 16 8.3      
  Solanum elaeagnifolium Silverleaf nightshade 11 5.7      
  Chamaesaracha sordida Hairy five eyes 2 1.0      
  Physalis longifolia Groundcherry 2 1.0      
  Argythamnia humilis Wild mercury 1 0.5      
  Krameria lanceolata Trailing ratany 1 0.5      
Annual Forb CS Plantago patagonica Wooly plantain 20 10.4 7 45 23.4
  Lepidium densiflorum Pepperweed 16 8.3      
  Plantago patagonica Redseed plantain 2 1.0      
  Lesquerella gordonii Bladderpod 2 1.0      
  Verbena bracteata Prostrate vervain 2 1.0      
  Erodium texanum Texas filaree 2 1.0      
  Stellaria media Common chickweed 1 0.5      
Annual Forb WS Amphiachyris dracunculoides Annual broomweed 44 22.9 6 78 40.6
  Conyza canadensis Marestail 28 14.6      
  Croton texensis Texas croton 2 1.0      
  Parthenium hysterophorus Ragweed parthenium 2 1.0      
  Chenopodium album Lambsquarters 1 0.5      
  Euphorbia dentata Toothed spurge 1 0.5      
Annual Forb SU Chaerophyllum tainturieri Hairyfruit chervil 1 0.5 1 1 0.5
Totals     468   37 468  
Total Quadrats     192        
Average Species/Quadrat      2.4        

 

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Geesing, D., Felker, P., Bingham, R.L. 2000. Influence of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) on soil nitrogen and carbon development: Implications for global carbon sequestration. Journal of Arid Environments 46, 157–180. https://doi.org/10.1006/jare.2000.0661

 

Hatch, S.L., Pluhar, J. 1993. Texas range plants. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX, USA. 326 pp.

 

Herrera-Arreola, G., Herrerac, Y., Reyes-Reyes, B.G., Dendooven, L. 2007. Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.), huisache (Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.) and catclaw (Mimosa biuncifera Benth.) and their effect on dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in soils of the semiarid highlands of Durango Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 69, 583–598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.11.014 

 

Linex, R.J. 2014. Range plants of North Central Texas – A land user’s guide to their identification, value and management. USDA-NRCS Publication, Weatherford, TX. 345 pp.

 

McCulley, R.L., Archer, S.R., Boutton, T.W., Hons, F.M., Zuberer, D.A. 2004. Soil respiration and nutrient cycling in wooded communities developing in grassland. Ecology 85, 2804– 2817. https://doi.org/10.1890/03-0645 

 

Stubbendieck, J., Coffin, M.J., Dunn, C.D. 2019. Weeds of the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, NE. 638 pp.

 

Tiedemann, A.R., Klemmedson, J.O. 1986. Long-term effects of mesquite removal on soil characteristics: I. Nutrients and bulk density. Soil Science Society of America Journal 50,
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[USDA-NRCS] United States Department of Agriculture - Natural Resource Conservation Service. 2020. Plants database. Available at: https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/java/ Accessed 10 Feb. 2020.

 

Wheeler, C.W., Archer, S.R., Asner, G.P., McMurtry, C.R. 2007. Climatic/edaphic controls on soil carbon/nitrogen response to shrub encroachment in desert grassland. Ecological Applications 17, 1911–1928. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-1580.1 

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