Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It is a rare survivor of 120 million years of altered climatic conditions resulting from continental drift, which has reduced the extent of the original forest to a few restricted areas on the east coast. The area includes the Daintree National Park, some areas of State Forest, and some privately owned land, including a residential community.
Location (of main entrance) E.O. Siecke State Forest: Newton County: I.D. Fairchild State Forest: Cherokee County: John Henry Kirby Memorial State Forest: Tyler County: Masterson State Forest: Jasper County: W. Goodrich Jones State Forest: Montgomery County: Ruth Bowling Nichols Arboretum: Cherokee County: Olive Scott Petty Arboretum: Hardin County
Daingerfield State Park is a 506.913-acre (2.05140 km 2) state park in Morris County, Texas, southwest of Texarkana, including 80-acre (320,000 m 2) Lake Daingerfield. The park opened in 1938 and is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department .
In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2] Tree volumes and weights are not directly measured in the field, but computed from other variables that can be measured. [3] [4]
The Daintree National Park is located in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,757 km (1,092 mi) northwest of Brisbane and 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Cairns. It was founded in 1981 [ 2 ] and is part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland .
The reserve contains remnant lowland rainforest (mesophyll vine forest) dominated by the fan palm (Licuala ramsayi).As well as many other plants of conservation significance it, and adjoining uncleared areas, also protect the habitat of threatened rainforest animals such as the southern cassowary, striped possum and Bennett's tree-kangaroo.
The watercourse Forest Creek flows through the locality, becoming a tributary of the Daintree River [ 4 ] The Daintree River Ferry carries vehicles from Cape Tribulation Road in Lower Daintree across the Daintree River to Cape Tribulation Road in Forest Creek ( 16°15′31″S 145°23′56″E / 16.25856°S 145.39885°E / -16.25856 ...
Forestburg is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 455, 1655, 922, and 677, 15 mi (24 km) southeast of Montague, 23 mi (37 km) east of Bowie, and 32 mi (51 km) northwest of Denton in southeastern Montague County. [5]