Texas Ecoregions

Includes marshes and swamps, high humidity and warm temperatures. waves cause mechanical weathering. sand dunes, sand bars.

• Texas Gulf Coast

• High Plains

Mostly short grass, dry and very windy. high elevation, Palo Duro Canyon.

• Texas Gulf Coast

• High Plains

Gently rolling land, cut by streams and covered by thorny brush. Also known as "Brush Country"

• South Texas Plains

• Prairie

Includes many types of grasses that prevent erosion. Many parks and lakes, land is gently rolling to hilly

• Prairie

• Piney Woods

Little erosion due to nutrient rich soil and lots of vegetation.

Trees are the main plant life, lumber industry

• Piney Woods

• Edward's Plateau

Limestone hills, many streams and springs, shallow soil. Land forms include Enchanted rock

• Edward's Plateau

• Trans Pecos

High wind erosion due to little vegetation, mountains and desert, little plant life, mostly clay soil

• Trans Pecos

• Edward's Plateau