Description: This area is a transition between the plains of the West Texas Panhandle and the Pineywoods of East Texas. It’s sometimes called the crosstimbers prairie because of patches of woodland that run along small portions of it. Once, tall prairie grasses grew all across this region but settlers built farms and produce crops on it now. Conservation biologists are trying to restore some of the prairies that wildlife depend upon for survival. Farming and ranching are the two primary forms of agricultural production on this type of land.
Size: 25,000 square miles
Topography: The landscape is gently rolling to nearly level, and elevations range from 300 to 800 feet above sea level.
Plants: Pecan, Black hickory, Black walnut, Sycamore, Burr oak, Eastern cottonwood, Post oak, Persimmon, Wax myrtle, Buckeye, Mexican plum, Sugarberry Green, ash, Red oak.
Wildlife: Plains pocket gopher, Beaver Raccoon, Porcupine, Hispid, cotton rat, Ornate box turtle, Green-winged teal, Bobwhite quail, Red-shouldered hawk.
Climate: Temperate prairies with an average rainfall of 28-40 inches per year.