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I'I.ATK I. Typical longleftf pine of the Texas- Louisiana region Frontispiece. 



II. Fig. 1. Open shortleaf pine forest; heavy undergrowth of young 

 pine, scruhotik, etc., on upland sandy soil near Garrison. Fig.2. 

 Shortleaf pine deadening near Garrison; a good stand of large 

 poles with many good trees destroyed to make a cotton patch 24 



III. Fig. 1. Deadened field of river bottom hardwoods near Garrison. 



Fig. 2. Live oak encroaching on the coast prairie between the 

 Brazos and San Bernard rivers in Brazoria County 28 



IV. Fig 1. Cedar brake near Austin, which has grown up after a clearing 



twenty-five years ago. Fig. 2. Thick growth of small mountain 

 oak on the side of a deep gorge in the Edwards Plateau country 



near Austin 32 



V. Fig. 1. Characteristic view of the timber, mostly mountain cedar, 

 on the Edwards Plateau, 20 miles northwest of Austin. Fig. 2. 

 Typical post oak forest of the Granite country in Llano County, 



looking across Fairlands Valley from Granite Mountain 36 



VI. Fig. 1. Longleaf pine land over eight years after logging; little or 

 no progress toward reforestation on account of fires and grazing. 

 Fig. 2. Longleaf pine land in Jasper County immediately after 

 logging operations, showing waste and debris, and the amount and 



condition of timber remaining uncut 40 



VII. Fig. 1. Typical swamp forest along the Neches River near Beau- 

 mont. Fig. 2. Typical forest of mixed loblolly pine and hard- 

 woods in the maritime belt; western edge of the "Big Thicket" 



country in Liberty County 44 



VIII. Fig. 1. Cow oak timber on the Trinity in Liberty County. Fig. 2. 



Alluvial bottom forest on the Trinity in Leon County 48 



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Fie;. 1. Provinces and minor subdi visions of the greater Texas region 9 



2. Precipitation in the Texas region 12 



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MAI- I. Timber of Texas, omitting mesquite, chaparral, alluvial bottom hard- 

 woods, and swamp and bayou forest 16 



II. Approximate area and distribution of the alluvial bottom hardwoods. 18 



III. Distribution of mesqiiite in Texas 34 



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