Big Thicket Plant Ecology

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Originally published in 1979, Geraldine Ellis Watson's Big Thicket Plant Ecology is now back in print. This updated edition explores the plant biology, ecology, geology, and environmental regions of the Big Thicket National Preserve. After decades of research on the Big Thicket, Watson concluded that the Big Thicket was unique for its biological diversity, due mainly to interactions of geology and climate. A visitor in the Big Thicket could look in four different directions from one spot and view scenes typical of the Appalachians, the Florida Everglades, a southwestern desert, or the pine barrens of the Carolinas. Watson covers the ecological and geological history of the Big Thicket and introduces its plant life, from longleaf pines and tupelo swamps to savannah wetlands and hardwood flats. "This is the work on the plant biology of the Big Thicket."--Pete A.Y. Gunter, author of The Big Thicket (UNT Press) GERALDINE ELLIS WATSON was a native of Tyler County and lived on her private nature preserve in East Texas. She was a plant ecologist and park ranger for the National Park Service for fifteen years. She authored Reflections on the Neches, also published by the University of North Texas Press.

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Genre : Nature
Author : Geraldine Ellis Watson
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Release : 2006
File : 149 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781574412147


The Big Thicket

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When a bill creating the Big Thicket National Preserve was signed into law, it climaxed more than half a century of environmental debate, planning and destruction. The preserve opened new vistas for recreation. In this revised and updated version, Gunter not only describes the history and rich diversity of the region saved from the bulldozers of real estate developers and lumber companies, but also the dimensions of the new Big Thicket Preserve. He makes it possible to plan a trip there by including descriptions of each stream corridor unit, maps and canoeing conditions, hiking trails, and camping facilities. He lists representative flora and fauna. The book provides a background—both historical and biological—which will make clear just what the visitor to the Big Thicket is seeing; why it has mattered, and why it will continue to matter.

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Genre : Nature
Author : Pete Addison Y. Gunter
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Release : 1993
File : 252 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0929398521


Big Thicket National Preserve N P Oil And Gas Management Plan

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Release : 2005
File : 704 Pages
ISBN-13 : NWU:35556036451805


Big Thicket National Park

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Genre : Big Thicket National Preserve (Tex.)
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation
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Release : 1971
File : 218 Pages
ISBN-13 : LOC:00139382511


Big Thicket National Park

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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs
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Release : 1970
File : 220 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105045393233


Ecological Implications Of Geopressured Geothermal Energy Development Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast Region

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Genre : Geothermal engineering
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Release : 1977
File : 676 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015086411520


Nature Lover S Guide To The Big Thicket

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Whether this is your first trip to the Big Thicket or your five hundredth, this handy guide will lead you down paths and waterways that are a nature lover's dream. America's first designated national preserve, the Big Thicket in Southeast Texas harbors at least a thousand species of flowering plants, two hundred species of birds, fifty kinds of reptiles, twenty species of mammals, two hundred species of wild trees and shrubs, and even four kinds of carnivorous (meat-eating) plants. The ten different ecosystems that support this unique diversity range from arid sandylands to cypress sloughs, from lordly upland forests to mud-crusted flats dappled by palmetto fronds. Small wonder, as popular nature writer Howard Peacock tells us, that the region has been called the "Biological Crossroads of North America" or even, as conservation efforts have focused on it, "America's Ark." Nature Lover's Guide to the Big Thicket offers tips on identifying plants and animals residing in the area, suggestions on trails to follow, and descriptions of sights to see and recreational opportunities to enjoy. It provides photographs to help plan your visit and checklists to record it. It's a book for the hip pocket, the car seat, the table by a reading chair. Let it lead you now in a leisurely tour--or many such tours--of this special 95,000-acre spot of earth.

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Genre : Nature
Author : Howard H. Peacock
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Release : 1994
File : 200 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015032590948


Concept Plan

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Genre : Biotic communities
Author : U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Region 2
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Release : 1979
File : 210 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015015534681


Saving The Big Thicket

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The Big Thicket of East Texas, which at one time covered over two million acres, served as a barrier to civilizations throughout most of historic times. This text is a classic account of the region's history and a play-by-play narrative of the prolonged fight for the Big Thicket Preserve.

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Genre : History
Author : James Cozine
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Release : 2004
File : 313 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781574411751


Proposed Big Thicket National Reserve Texas

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
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Release : 1973
File : 412 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105045403966