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Ecological Regions in Texas

1. PINEY WOODS 1a. Longleaf Pine Forest 1b. Mixed Pine-Hardwood Forest 2. OAK WOODS & PRAIRIES 2a. Oak Woodlands 2b. Eastern Cross Timbers 2c. Western Cross Timbers 3. BLACKLAND PRAIRIES 3a. Blackland Prairie 3b. Grand Prairie 4. GULF COAST PRAIRIES & MARSHES 4a. Dunes/Barrier 4b. Estuarine Zone 4c. Upland Prairies & Woods 5. COASTAL SAND PLAINS 6. SOUTH TEXAS BRUSH COUNTRY 6a. Brush Country 6b. Bordas Escarpment 6c. Subtropical Zone

7. EDWARDS PLATEAU 7a. Live Oak-Mesquite Savanna 7b. Balcones Canyonlands 7c. Lampasas Cut Plain 8. LLANO UPLIFT Mesquite Savanna, Oak & Oak-Hickory Woodlands 9. ROLLING PLAINS 9a. Mesquite Plains 9b. Escarpment Breaks 9c. Canadian Breaks 10. HIGH PLAINS 11. TRANS PECOS 11a. Mountain Ranges 11b. Desert Grassland 11c. Desert Scrub 11d. Salt Basin 11e. Sand Hills 11f. Stockton Plateau

Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife. From LBJ School of Public Affairs, Preserving Texas' Natural Heritage. LBJ School of Public Affairs Policy Research Report #31. 1978.

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