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TX 6. Palmetto State Park. Acreage: 3200. 



Location: Gonzales County; Ottine Quadrangle; 10 miles NW of Gonzales; 

 reached via U.S. 183. 



Description: An isolated, somewhat semi-tropical marsh and peat bog region, an 

 area of extreme importance to ecologists because of its unique flora and fauna. 

 Western limits of bog habitat in Texas, with disjunct populations of Aus- 

 troriparian species. 



Ownership: Texas State Parks and Wildlife. 



Data source: Dr. Clark Hubbs, Zoology Department, University of Texas, 

 Austin, Tex. 78700; Edward C. Fritz, Texas Chapter, TNC, 909 Reliance Life 

 Bldg., Dallas, Tex. 75201. 



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