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Tule Mountain is part of the Chisos Mountains where it is set in Big Bend National Park and the Chihuahuan Desert. Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain is located in a hot arid climate zone with hot summers and mild winters. [4] This climate supports plants on the slopes such as live oak, piñon pine, juniper, and grasses. [5]
Black Mountain is the ninth-highest peak in the Davis Mountains and it ranks as 21st-highest in the state of Texas. [1] [2] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 2,000 feet (610 m) above Big Aguja Canyon in 1.25 mile (2 km). The mountain is composed of 35 million-year-old igneous rock. [4]
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the family Fabaceae [2] that is native to the Southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico) and Mexico (Chihuahua and Coahuila south to Hidalgo, Puebla, and Querétaro). [3] Its common names include Texas mountain laurel, Texas mescalbean, frijolito, and frijolillo. [2]
There are some places to see fall foliage near the Dallas-Fort Worth area that will help get you in the autumn mood.
Texas has been the leading state in petroleum production since discovery of the Spindletop oil field in 1901. [11] As of October 2017, the State of Texas (if treated as its own nation) is the 7th largest oil producing nation in the world, with production totaling approximately 3.78 million barrels (600 thousand cubic meters ) per day of oil ...
The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, [3] and has been reported in publications since at least 1902. [9] Legend has it that the mountain was named after Santiago, an Indian fighter from Presidio del Norte who was killed by Apache at the base of this peak.
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Packsaddle Mountain is a laccolith set in the Chihuahuan Desert where it is a landmark along Highway 118 which skirts the eastern base of the mountain. The mountain is composed of a core of intrusive igneous rock that forced up and breached the roof of light-colored Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock of the Boquillas Formation and the Pen Formation, leaving the strata tilted around the ...