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  2. Texas Blackland Prairies - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Blackland Prairies ecoregion covers an area of 50,300 km 2 (19,400 sq mi), consisting of a main belt of 43,000 km 2 (17,000 sq mi) and two islands of tallgrass prairie grasslands southeast of the main Blackland Prairie belt; both the main belt and the islands extend northeast–southwest.

  3. Louis René Barrera Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    As a warm-season grass, it grows exponentially during the heat of summer unlike other grasses that prefer cooler seasons. This grass plays a key role in tallgrass prairies and glade ecosystems. [25] Restoring plants native to the Blackland Prairie ecoregion allows the sanctuary to positively impact nearby residents and site users.

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  5. Southeastern Plains (ecoregion) - Wikipedia

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    Soils are deep, clayey, somewhat-poorly to poorly drained, and acidic. The Blackland Prairie Margins are undulating, irregular plains, with slightly more relief than the Flatwoods, but also tend to have heavy clay soils that are sticky when wet, hard and cracked when dry, with generally poor drainage. [4]

  6. Meet the next great Austin author: Chris Brown and 'A Natural ...

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    He pays particular attention to the almost completely ravaged Blackland Prairie — which gently arcs to the east of the Balcones Escarpment from Dallas to San Antonio and beyond — upon which ...

  7. Cross Timbers - Wikipedia

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    The prairie portions are chiefly tallgrass on finer, dry soils. [2] Overall, the Cross Timbers are not as arable as the surrounding ecoregions. [3] Today, land use is a mixture of rangeland, pastures, and farmland. [2] The area has also been an important site of oil extraction for over 80 years. [3]

  8. Clymer Meadow Preserve - Wikipedia

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    Clymer Meadow Preserve is a Nature Conservancy preserve located in the Blackland Prairie region of north Texas. As of 2021 the area covers about 1400 acres but with the occasional acquisition of new land the preserve slowly continues to expand.

  9. Piney Woods - Wikipedia

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    Prairie was common or dominant during and shortly after the Hypsithermal Period in the middle of the Holocene Epoch. By the late 18th century, the Blackland Prairie was a mosaic of woodland, savanna, and prairies. Today, the fertile soils of the Blackland Prairie are mostly used for pastureland, woodland, and hayland.