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Texas
Native
Plant Life
RegionsO SAN ANGEL0(O
FOREST AND WOODLAND REGIONS.
Primary Forest Region (D on Map)-The Pine )
Forest Belt, or "Piney Woods" of East Texas.
Longleaf, shortleaf and loblolly pine; white oak,
red oak, ash, hickory, magnolia and other hard-
woods, largely in lowlands along streams. (See
pp. 173-175.)
Secondary Forest Region (E on Map).-Prin-
cipally post oak, some red oak and other oak va-
rieties, hickory and other hardwoods. Isolated pine
region in Bastrop-Fayette County area. Pecan,
elm and other timbers along streams. Fairly heav-
ily tnimbered but with some open grassy areas min
southern part. Little commercial production. This
region, known as the Post Oak Belt, is similar in
character to the East and West Cross Timbers. In
fact, the East Cross Timbers may be considered
a westward extension of it, connected with it by a
narrow corridor along the Red River and hanging
down pendant-like between Black and Grand
Prairies
West Cross Timbers (J on Map).-Mostly cov-
ered with post oak and blackJack, with cedar on
mountains and pecan, elm and other hardwoods
along streams. Some prairie areas included.
Grama and other grasses - Areas of mesquite,
especially on west and south fringes.
Edwards Plateau Timbers (I on Map).-In-
cludes the Cedar Brakes in the rougher areas with
rolling uplands covered with small live oak, mes-
quite, western red oak and small areas of post
oak. Cypress and pecans along perennially flowing
streams. Timbers become spotty in western part
with grassy plains, mainly buffalo and mesquite
grasses. Some shin oak on sandy lands in west.
The densest cedar growths are found in the eastern
part of this area, spotty areas continue north on
rough lands and hillsides throughout the Grand
Prairie, West Cross Timbers and Rolling Plains of
West Texas.
Mesquite Woodlands (K on Map).-Largely mes-
quite-covered rolling plain with mesquite diminish-
ing in size from east to wyvest. Buffalo, grama
(mesquite) and pther grasses throughout wood-
lands with extensive prairies in west part. Some
sandy areas with shin oak, sagebrush and coarse
bunch grasses.
BRUSH COUNTRY OR CHAPARRAL.
Upper Brush Plains (G on Map).-Mesquite,
huisache, with areas of live oak especially near the
coast. Prickly pear, dense in places. Largely short
grasses, curly mesquite and buffalo.
Border Brush Plains (H on Map).-Dense
growths of mesquite, small hlive oak, post oak and
various small trees and shrubs-catclaw, black-
brush, huaJillo, huiache, cenizo. Prickly pear
very dense in places. Sore stretches of cedar,
171... Range of native vegetation in Texas is almost
as great as can be found anywhere in the
world. On the surface of Texas are about 500
S soil types. Elevation reaches from sea level to
plateaus of s1,000 and 5,000 feet and mountain
"LLO summits of more than 8,000. Annual rainfall
.:. on the east boundary is nearly 60 inches a
,..,,.,w year. In the extreme west it is only 7 inches
.~. , . Temperature ranges from subtropical in the
...,r,...4 Lower Rio Grande Valley to middle temperate
,...-Q.~ .. on the Panhandle Plains.
:: I... I FA.....
,4,WICHITA FALLS
,. . ,... . ..... . . .
,,,..,.. .......oo O,,D i- - -t -.*"vliF r-The natural plant
life regions of Texas
described here follow
the work of Dr. W.
T. Carter in his Soils
of Texas, Bulletin No.
431, Texas Agricul-
tural Experiment Sta-
tion, College Station,
Texas.especially min rougher upper part. Mostly coarse
bunch grasses, some grama.
GRASS PLAINS REGIONS.
Tidewater Grasses (A on Map).=-Salt and marsh
grasses of the Coastal Prairine immediately adjac-
ent to tidewater.
Coastal Prairie Grasses (B on Map).-Usually
coarse grasses. Andropogons and others with some
grama in western part.
Coastal Prairie (Upper) Grasses (C on Map).-
Coarse bunch grasses, largely species of Andro:
pogons on fringe of Coastal Prairie adjacent to
timbered region.
Black and Grand Prairie Grasses (F on Map) -
Bunch grasses, largely Andropogons; grama; some
short grasses (buffalo grass) in places. Small
clumps of live oaks min northwestern part with few
other oaks in scattered growth min places; mesquite
trees and shrubs min scattered growth in southern
part. The isolated section lying southeast of the
main belt corresponds to the secondary Blackland
sodil belt.
Staked (High) Plains Grasses (L on Map).-
Short-grass plains, treeless inm native state. Buf-
falo grasses, grama.
Trans-Pecos Mountain Grasses, Timbers (N on
Map).-Moderate grass cover, largely grama,
Nolina, tobosa; many small shrubs. On some
mountains, oaks, pine, juniper trees (These are
upland regions of the Trans-Pecos where rainfall is
sufficient to support grasses and a variety of pine,
oak and other trees, largely of the Rocky Moun-
tain varieties.)
Trans-Pecos Lower Plains Grasses, Shrubs (M
on Map.)-Arid land vegetation. Very thin growth
of grass. On rough highlands mainly sotol, lechu-
guilla, ocotillo, yucca, catclaw, cenizo, Nolina and
various other coarse plants, with, in places, chino,
yeso and tobosa grasses. On the lowlands mostly
creosote bush and tar bush with some tussopk,
burro and salt grasses.
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