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Texas Rangelands. Hot Topics Invasive Species What makes TX Rangelands Unique? Management Techniques/Methods Current Range Research Political Issues. Browse: Rangelands and how they work Training, Teaching, and Careers Choose a topic: Plants and Animals -Soil and Water
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Texas Rangelands Hot Topics Invasive Species What makes TX Rangelands Unique? Management Techniques/Methods Current Range Research Political Issues • Browse: • Rangelands and how they work • Training, Teaching, and Careers • Choose a topic: • Plants and Animals • -Soil and Water • -Climate/Drought/Fire • -Rangeland Uses (i.e.Recreation) • - More Resources NRCS Ecological Site Descriptions Journal of Range Management Society of Range Management -TX Wildlife Society – TX Chapter Journal of Wildlife Management This website is maintained by: CKWRI King Ranch Institute South Texas Natives
Texas Rangelands Hot Topics Invasive Species What makes TX Rangelands Unique? Management Techniques/Methods Current Range Research Political Issues • Browse: • Rangelands and how they work • Training, Teaching, and Careers • Choose a topic: • Plants and Animals • -Soil and Water • -Climate/Drought/Fire • -Rangeland Uses (i.e.Recreation) • - Gulf Prairies and Marshes A narrow band approximately 60 miles wide along the Texas coast from the Louisiana border to Brownsville . Due to proximity to Gulf of Mexico, plants are highly salt tolerant or halophytic. Primary Grasses : Big blue stem, bushy bluestem, Inland sea-oats, Sugarcane plumegrass, Gulf cordgrass, Eastern gammagrass, Tanglehead, Bufflegrass. Primary Wildlife: White-tailed Deer, Quail, Neotropical Migrants Primary Soil Type: Invasive Species: Nilgai antelope, Tanglehead, Feral Hog More Resources NRCS Ecological Site Descriptions Journal of Range Management Society of Range Management -TX Wildlife Society – TX Chapter Journal of Wildlife Management This website is maintained by: CKWRI King Ranch Institute South Texas Natives