<p>Name______Date______Period______</p><p>Exploring Texas Ecoregions</p><p>1. The ______region is covered with pines and oaks.</p><p>2. The Pineywoods is par of a much larger area of ______that extends into which three states? </p><p>The average rainfall of 3. Pineywoods ______inches, 4. Oak woods and Prairies, ______inches, 5. Blackland Prairies______inches, 6. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes______inches, 7. Coastal Sand Plains______inches, 8. South Texas Brush Country______inches, 9. Edwards Plateau______inches, 10. Llano Uplift______inches, 11. Rolling Plains______inches, 12. High Plains______inches, 13. Trans Pecos______inches</p><p>14. Describe the Pineywoods region.</p><p>15. What are important industries in the Pineywoods region?</p><p>16. Farms and ranches are ______in size compared to the state average.</p><p>17. What type of forests dominated the southeastern part of the Pineywoods?</p><p>18. List three of the dominant trees in the Pineywoods region.</p><p>19. What trees occur in the lowlands of the Pineywoods region?</p><p>20. What is commonly found in the southern part of the pine-oak forest?</p><p>21. What region is a transitional area for many plants and animals whose ranges extend northward in the Great Plains or eastward into the forests?</p><p>22. The______region is sometimes called the Cross-Timbers.</p><p>23. The Oak Woods and Prairies have a peak of rainfall in which months?</p><p>24. Describe the Upland soils and the Bottomland soils of the Oak Woods and Prairies. Name______Date______Period______</p><p>25. Describe the landscape of the Oak Woods and Prairies.</p><p>26. Where is cattle ranching a major agricultural industry?</p><p>27. In the Oak Woods and prairies what vegetation is interspersed with the oak woodlands?</p><p>28. How did the Blackland Prairies get its name?</p><p>29. Name the tall grasses that the Blackland Prairies once supported.</p><p>30. Due to fertile soil, what has happened to the much of the original Blackland Prairie?</p><p>31. Blackland Prairies have a peak rainfall month of May in the northern end or south-central part of the region. (Circle your answer)</p><p>32. What is "black gumbo"?</p><p>33. What are the primary agricultural industries of the Blackland Prairie?</p><p>34. Which region is nearly level and has been dissected by streams and rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico?</p><p>35. The Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes include what areas? </p><p>36. The distribution of rainfall of the Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes is uniform or fairly uniform throughout the year? (Circle your answer)</p><p>37. What is the climate of Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes? </p><p>38. What are the soils like in the Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes?</p><p>39. What is the native vegetation of Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes?</p><p>40. Much of the native habitat of the Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes has been lost to what?</p><p>41. The Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes still provides important habitat for what species?</p>