Data Release: Blowing in the wind: anemochory in blackbrush habitat of South Texas, 2023

Wind has the potential to carry seeds long-distances and could be an important consideration in the management of natural vegetation along the U.S.-Mexico Border with border barrier infrastructure. Shrubs, native grasses, the invasive Pennisetum ciliaris (buffelgrass), soil particles and pebbles dispersed in the ecosystem, especially in maximum wind and/or precipitation events. While modifications in passages through waterways and other structures have been proposed to improve the movement of species in the area that is influenced by the barrier, the restoration of native plant species along roads also might aid in the maintenance of blackbrush ecosystems along wind dispersal corridors.