What is the most important part of the Texas Ayenia?
100
The Alamo
What is one Famous landmark located in the South Texas Plains?
100
28,000 sq. miles
How big is the South Texas Plains?
200
Ocelot, Interior Least Tern, Jaguarundo
What is one animal that is endangered in South Texas?
200
Yes!
Can the Walkers Maniac only live in Texas?
200
"Most Historical Place"
What is a nickname for the South Texas Plains?
200
Guadalupe River, San Antonio River, Nueces River, Lavaca River, and Rio Grande
What is one major river in the South Texas Plains?
300
This region used to support a grassland or savana type vegetation; with dense mixed brush along dry washes and floods from Rio Grande. The shrubs land has been converted into an urban development.
What is causing the decline of the endangered animals in South Texas?
300
- Needs to be close to water
- Climate is subtropical and semiarid
- Grows between vegetation
What conditions does the Black Lace Cactus need to grow in?
300
There are over 5000 species of birds.
Why is the South Texas Plains known as the best bird watching areas in the United States?
300
A dry brush land with many rivers, like the Rio Grande. The Rio Grande Valley is the only ecosystem like it in the U.S.
Give a brief description of the South Texas Plains.
400
- Conservation of remaining habitat
- Creation of brush corridors to connect the habitats
- Restore the destruction of the habitat
What are recovery efforts for the endangered animals in South Texas?
400
There is no consumer.
If the Ashy Dogwood is consumed, then by whom?
400
74 degrees fahrenheit
What is the average temperature in the South Texas Plains?
400
Edwards, Trinity Carrizo-Wilcox, and Gulf Coast
What is a coulple of the major aquifers in South Texas?
500
leopardus pardalis
What is the scientific name for the ocelot?
500
Ashy Dogweed, Black Lace Cactus, Runyon's Cory Cactus, Johnston's Frankenia, Star Cactus, Texas Ayenia, Walkers Maniac
What are a couple rare plants that grow in the South Texas Plains?
500
20-32 inches of rainfall per year
What is the average rainfall in the South Texas Plains?
500
Plains of thornyshrubs, trees scattered patches of palms, and subtropical woodlands in the Rio Grande Valley.