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TX 3. Falls County Bog. Acreage: 20. 



Location: Falls County; Cedar Springs Quadrangle; 4 miles NE of Lott on un- 

 numbered dirt road ( 1 5 acres on the north side and 5 acres on the south side of 

 the road). 



Description: The bog is located in post oak-black jack woodland that has been 

 cut and leveled around the bog to make pasture. Texas bog-swamp flora and 

 fauna. The bog, a depression in a grazed pasture, is apparently caused by a 

 perched water table in Brazos River alluvium. The presence of Echinodorus, 

 Ludwigia, Polygonum, and Boltonia is especially significant; the first and last are 

 known no further west. Amphibia reported include Rana areolata, Pseudacris 

 triseriata, and Amby stoma t. tigrinum. 



Encroachments: Acreage used as pasture and stock graze to the edge of the 

 bog. 



Ownership: H. Stegmiller, Lott, Tex. 76656. 



Data source: Dr. Clark Hubbs, University of Texas, P.L. 102, Zoology Depart- 

 ment, Austin, Tex. 78700. 



Other knowledgeable persons: F. R. Gehlbach, Baylor University, Waco, Tex. 

 76700. 



