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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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    Created in 1967 as part of Austin's network of conservation lands, it focuses on conserving native grasslands and wildlife while promoting the restoration of the Blackland Prairie. The Blackland Prairie ecoregion, one of the most threatened ecosystems in Texas, has less than 1% of its original area remaining because that rest was converted to ...

  4. Cross Timbers - Wikipedia

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    [17] Josiah Gregg described the Cross Timbers in 1845 as varying in width from five to thirty miles and attributed their denseness to the continual burning of the prairies. [18] The Cross Timbers vary in width from five to thirty miles, and entirely cut off the communication betwixt the interior prairies and those of the great plains.

  5. Houston black (soil) - Wikipedia

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    Houston black soil extends over 1,500,000 acres (6,100 km 2) of the Texas blackland prairies and is the Texas state soil. The series is composed of expansive clays and is considered one of the classic vertisols. [1] Houston black soils are used extensively for grain sorghum, cotton, corn, small grain, and forage grasses.

  6. 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.

  7. East Central Texas forests - Wikipedia

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    San Antonio Prairie 33c Northern Prairie Outliers 33d Bastrop Lost Pines 33e Floodplains and Low Terraces 33f. The East Central Texas forests or East Central Texas Plains (33) is a small temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion almost entirely within the state of Texas, United States. [1]

  8. Blackland, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The town of Blackland was named after the Texas Blackland Prairies. Blackland's post office opened in 1876. In the 1880s, the population reached a peak of 125 people. [2] At that time it had three businesses and a gristmill. Blackland farmers shipped cotton, wheat, and oats. [3] At the beginning of the 20th century, the population dipped to 50 ...

  9. Piney Woods - Wikipedia

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    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. Only a few prairie remnants still occur and are mostly limited to the thin, droughty soils of cuesta scarps. [31] [35] Settlements include ...