TEXAS

MEXICO

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Corpus Christi

Brownsville

Houston

VEGETATION/COVERTYPES OF TEXAS

2000BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

University Station, Box XAustin, Texas 78713-8924

(512) 471-1534

Creosotebush - Mesquite Shrub

Fourwing Saltbush - Creosotebush Shrub

Ceniza - Blackbrush - Creosotebush Brush

Mesquite Shrub/Grassland

Mesquite Brush

Mesquite - Lotebush Shrub

Mesquite - Lotebush Brush

Mesquite - Juniper Shrub

Mesquite - Juniper Brush

Mesquite - Juniper - Live Oak Brush

Mesquite - Sandsage Shrub

Mesquite - Blackbrush Brush

Oak - Mesquite - Juniper Parks/Woods

Live Oak - Mesquite Parks

Live Oak Woods/Parks

Live Oak - Ashe Juniper Parks

Live Oak - Mesquite - Ashe Juniper Parks

Live Oak - Ashe Juniper Woods

Harvard Shin Oak Brush

Gray Oak - Pinyon Pine - Alligator Juniper Parks/Woods

Post Oak Parks/Woods

Post Oak Woods, Forest, and Grassland Mosaic

Post Oak Woods/Forest

Elm - Hackberry Parks/Woods

Water Oak - Elm - Hackberry Forest

Cottonwood - Hackberry - Saltcedar Brush/Woods

Pecan - Elm Forest

Bald Cypress - Water Tupelo Swamp

Ponderosa Pine - Douglas Fir Parks/Forest

Young Forest/Grassland

Pine - Hardwood Forest

Marsh/Barrier Island

Crops

Other Native and/or Introduced Grasses

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Tobosa - Black Grama Grassland

Blue Grama - Buffalograss Grassland

Bluestem Grassland

Silver Bluestem - Texas Wintergrass Grassland

Yucca - Ocotillo Shrub

Creosotebush - Tarbush Shrub

Creosotebush - Lechuguilla Shrub

Mesquite - Granjeno Parks

Mesquite - Granjeno Woods

Sandsage - Mesquite Brush

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Mesquite - Live Oak - Bluewood Parks

Harvard Shin Oak - Mesquite Brush

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Mesquite - Hackberry Brush/Woods

Juniper - Mixed Brush

Ashe Juniper Parks/Woods

Sandsage - Harvard Shin Oak Brush

Willow Oak - Water Oak - Blackgum ForestUrban

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Map units are derived from the 1984 map The Vegetation Types of Texas published by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

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