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  2. Texas Blackland Prairies - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Blackland Prairies are a temperate grassland ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly 300 miles (480 km) from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. The prairie was named after its rich, dark soil. [3] Less than 1% of the original Blackland prairie vegetation remains, scattered across Texas in parcels. [4]

  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. 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 ...

  5. List of trees of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of widely known trees and shrubs found in Texas. [3] [4] [5] ... Blackland Prairies CTP Cross Timbers and Prairies STP South Texas Plains

  6. Osage Plains - Wikipedia

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    To the west and south of these hills are the Blackland Prairies and Cross Timbers. This vegetatively complex region of intermixed prairie and scrubby juniper-mesquite woodland extends into north-central Texas. Bluestem prairies and oak-dominated savannas and woodlands characterize the natural vegetation in the Cross Timbers.

  7. Talk:Texas Blackland Prairies - Wikipedia

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  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. 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.