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berry on their earthy mounds, which led to the naming of the plant, 

 "badger willow." This was succeeded by aspens, and thus the wood- 

 land invaded the prairie. 



COASTAL PRAIRIE 



Nature and Extent. The name of this association not only suggests 

 its position around the long curve of the Gulf of Mexico, but also 



Fig. 64. — Coastal piairie chiefly of Sdpn Icncotricha, in the vicinity of Austin, 

 Texas. (Photo by B. C. Tharp.) 



indicates the general influence of its particular climate. It stretches 

 northward along the line of the Red River and reaches its western 

 limit in the vicinity of the 101st meridian. Its greatest extension, 

 however, is along the coast, beginning at the western edge of the pine 

 subclimax in eastern Texas and continuing for 200 miles or more into 

 northeastern Mexico. 



On the east, the coastal prairie lies in direct contact with the pine 

 subclimax or the oak-hickory forest, some of the dominants penetrat- 



