Cross Timbers

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ecoregion transitional ecoregion

Cross Timbers is a transitional ecoregion of mixed woodland and prairie that stretches across parts of Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas, forming a natural boundary between the eastern forests and the Great Plains.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Cross Timbers region of Texas 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecoregion ⓘ
transitional ecoregion ⓘ
adjacentTo eastern deciduous forest ⓘ
tallgrass prairie ⓘ
biome temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ⓘ
temperate grassland, savanna, and shrubland ⓘ
climate continental influences ⓘ
humid subtropical ⓘ
conservationConcern fragmentation of oak woodlands ⓘ
loss of native prairie ⓘ
contains patches of old-growth oak woodland ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dominantGrassSpecies Indian grass ⓘ
big bluestem ⓘ
little bluestem ⓘ
dominantTreeSpecies blackjack oak ⓘ
post oak ⓘ
ecologicalRole ecotone between forest and prairie ⓘ
wildlife habitat corridor ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Great Plains ⓘ
eastern forests ⓘ
hasFeature interspersed grasslands ⓘ
rolling hills ⓘ
scattered savanna-like woodlands ⓘ
hasLandUse cattle grazing ⓘ
oil and gas development ⓘ
suburban expansion ⓘ
historicalUse rangeland ⓘ
timber source ⓘ
locatedIn Kansas ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
notableState Kansas ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
partOf Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: Great Plains ecoregions

North American prairie–forest ecotone ⓘ
regionType woodland–prairie mosaic ⓘ
soilType sandy soils ⓘ
shallow rocky soils ⓘ
threat agricultural conversion ⓘ
fire suppression ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
urban development ⓘ
vegetationType mixed woodland ⓘ
prairie ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Oklahoma
Parker County, Texas → isPartOfRegion → Cross Timbers ⓘ
Hood County, Texas → locatedIn → Cross Timbers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cross Timbers region of Texas
Erath County, Texas → region → Cross Timbers ⓘ
Town of Oak Point, Texas → region → Cross Timbers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cross Timbers region of Texas