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146 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1945-1946.
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joining the timbered areas " ......o ".... .
D. Pine Belt. Shortleaf .,@ i,,' . . ,.,, '' - , ,
pine with some hardwoods, " " " '* ' y ; ,' ,
mostly oaks, in the north- .
ern part, shortleaf, loblolly * '' ". "" K "
and longleaf pine with small,,,
amount of hardwoods in " '
southern part. " "" " '
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of other oaks and hickory. No pine except +r -.-
on small area min Bastrop and Fayette Coun-
ties. Many small prairie areas included in this - .
region, known as the Greater Post Oak Belt. ,
A neck of this belt extends westward along Red * " The natural plant
River and drops pendantlike through Denton, "* life regions of Texas
Tarrant, Johnson and Hill Counties, forming East * H * described here follow
Cross Timbers. . *, the work of Dr. W.
F. Grasses of the Black and Grand Prairies. Bunch ,, * T. Carter in his Soils
grasses, largely Andropogons; grama; some short . of Texas, 1931, Bul-
grasses (buffalo grass) in places Small clumps of * * A letin No. 431, Texas
live oaks in northwestern part with few other oaks in G , Agricultural Experi.
scattered growth in places; mesquite trees and shrubs ment Station, College
in scattered growth in southern part. The isolated section Station, Texas.
lying southeast of the main belt corresponds to the sec-
ondary Blackland soil belt.
G. Brush Plains. Largely short grasses, buffalo and curly mesquite. Shrubs and mesquite in scattered
growth; these with prickly pear very thick in places.
H. Brush Plains. Largely coarse bunch grasses, some grama grasses; scattered growth of mesquite
trees and shrubs. Small post oak trees min certain areas, while some live oak trees occur in a thick
growth min other places (This belt, together with the lower brushy parts of Area G, constitute the
Brush Country or Monte of the Texas border region )
I. Thin cover of short grasses, largely buffalo and mesquite grasses with various others; scattered
growth of small trees in many places, chiefly live oak and shin oak and, in eastern section, some West-
ern red oak, and Juniper and small amounts of post oak. Many shrubs. (The southeastern and eastern
portion of this belt is classed on the forestry maps of Texas as the Cedar Brakes country, usually these
maps also show an extension northward into Coryell, Bosque, Somervell and Hood Counties.
J. Timbered mainly but with included prairies. Many post oak, some blackjack oak. On prairies
coarse grasses mainly with some grama and other grasses. Mesquite trees in southern part. (Approxi-
mately this area is known as the West Cross Timbers on the forest maps of the state.)
K. Bunch grass and short grass plains with scattered mesquite trees and shrubs. Some areas w'th
very coarse bunch grasses ana shmin oak shrubs; in some places, coarse bunch grass, grama, needle and
other grasses, some areas of short grasses (mainly buffalo) with grama.
L. Short grass plains. Mainly buffalo grass with some grama.
M. Arid-land vegetation. Very thin growth of grass. On rough highlands mainly sotol, lechugulila,
yucca, catclaw, cenizo, Nolina and various other coarse plants, with, in places, chino, yeso and tobosa
grasses. On lowlands mostly creosote bush and tar bush, with some tussock, burro and salt grasses
N. Moderate grass cover, largely grams, Nolina, tobosa, many small shrubs. On some mountains,
oaks, pine, jumniper trees. (These are upland regions of the Trans-Pecos where rainfall is sufficient to
support grasses and a variety of pine, oak and other trees, largely of the Rocky Mountain varieties.)
Changes in Character of Native Vegetation.
Usually the settlement of a country is accompanied by the decline of native vegetation. Native
grasses are plowed up for cultivated fields, forests are felled, and where the native vegetation is
allowed to stand it is cropped close by range animals, and min some instances eliminated by overstock-
ing and erosion All of these forms of change have taken place in some degree min Texas.
In much of South and Southwest Texas, however, there has been a marked change in character
of native vegetation as pasture lands have been covered with brush This has been notably true in the
areas H, G, I and even in the lower section of K Cedar, mesquite, scrub oaks, prickly pear opuntiaa
cactus and other brush vegetation have overrun wide areas that formerly were open prairies. As the
brush has spread much of the grass has been killed.
Spread of the brush is attributed principally to the grazing of grasses to shorter length thai In
their virgin state, the building of roads and other obstructions to the wild prattle ges that fornrly
kept the surface of the earth swept clean of other than grass vegetation.
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