Piney Woods Ecoregion
By:Aalyssa Thomas (lacted in east texas)
5 sight seeings in piney woods
1. Stephen F. Austin mast arboretum
2. the depot museum
3. Durango's canyon event center
4. mud creek off-road park
5. Texas prison muesum
historical background & historical places
- big thicket lumber dramatically reduced forest concentration through out piney woods in the 19th & 20th century.
- original home for caddo Indians for 1000 years
- caddo Indians moved to Oklahoma when threatened
- only natural lake is the caddo lake
- one historical place is caddoan mound which is located in north east
some of the ecoregions animals:
Bald Eagle
known for it's sharp claws and long beaks
Bobcats
known for it's fur and sharp claws
Jack Rabbit
known for it's big ears and tall hops
the 4th ecoregion out of 5
lakes,bodies of water
*Bob sandlin *Lake o' pines. *steinhagen
* Caddo *Livingston. *tole do bend
*Conroe. *martin creek. *Wright Patman
*Fork. *Monticello
*houston County. *Sam Rayburn
national & state parks
- lake Houston park
- W. Goodrich Jones state park
- lake Livingston state park
- Huntsville state park
- Montgomery count preserve
- Sam Houston national forest
- Davy Crockett national park
- danger field national park
- caddo lake