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  2. National Register of Historic Places listings in the Gulf ...

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    The Gulf Coast region is an area of 13 counties defined by the Texas Comptroller for economic reporting, as mapped here. It includes the city of Houston and all of the Texas Panhandle by most definitions of that term. The region included 2020 population of about 7.3 million, or 25 percent of Texas' population, with Harris County having 65 ...

  3. Calluna - Wikipedia

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    Calluna vulgaris, common heather, ling, or simply heather, [1] is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae.It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to 20 to 50 centimetres (8 to 20 in) tall, or rarely to 1 metre (40 in) and taller, [2] and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade.

  4. Palacios, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Tres Palacios Bay. Palacios is located on the Gulf Coast about halfway between Houston and Corpus Christi.It is connected to both cities by State Highway 35.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.3 square miles (14 km 2), of which 5.0 square miles (13 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2) (4.36%) is covered by water.

  5. Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail - Wikipedia

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    A road sign for the trail system in Newton County [9]. The Texas coast has been popular among bird watchers in the United States for decades. [7] Located where the Central Flyway meets the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi Flyway, the region sees a large number of migrants; in addition, the southern part of the Texas coast is far enough south to host a number of tropical species. [10]

  6. Winnie, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The town plat was filed in 1895 by the Gulf and Inter-state Railway officials. The town was named after Fox Winnie, a railroad contractor who worked for the line. The Winnie and Loan Improvement Company attempted to market small lots of land, but due to poor sales, the company was dissolved in 1911. [3]

  7. East Bay (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    East Bay exchanges seawater with the Gulf of Mexico at Rollover Pass in Gilchrist and at Galveston Harbor near Port Bolivar.It is fed by Oyster Bayou, an important nursery for oysters and shrimp, which runs 23 miles from its source near Winnie through the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge to its confluence with East Bay, near the bay's easternmost point. [5]

  8. Mexican ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican ground squirrel is found in northern Mexico, the Texas Gulf Coast, western and central Texas, and southeastern New Mexico. [4] The Mexican ground squirrel lives in flat, brushy, or grassy areas and usually prefers areas with gravelly or sandy soil or areas with that have mesquite.

  9. Sabal mexicana - Wikipedia

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    Some believe that the species may have ranged much further north along the Texas Gulf Coast and as far inland as San Antonio at one time. This is supported by observations recorded in the 17th to 19th centuries, the presence of a small, disjunct population 200 mi (320 km) north of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and the ease with which cultivated ...