Big Thicket Plant Ecology: An Introduction, Third Edition
vol. 5: Temple Big Thicket Series
October, 2006
Published
152
Pages
8 fig. 15 maps. 20 illus. Bib. Index.
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Recommended Text
Ideal for Classrooms
About Watson's Big Thicket Plant Ecology
Originally published in 1979, Geraldine Ellis Watson’s Big Thicket Plant Ecology is now back in print. This updated edition explores the plant biology, ecology, geology, and environmental regions of the Big Thicket National Preserve.
After decades of research on the Big Thicket, Watson concluded that the Big Thicket was unique for its biological diversity, due mainly to interactions of geology and climate. A visitor in the Big Thicket could look in four different directions from one spot and view scenes typical of the Appalachians, the Florida Everglades, a southwestern desert, or the pine barrens of the Carolinas. Watson covers the ecological and geological history of the Big Thicket and introduces its plant life, from longleaf pines and tupelo swamps to savannah wetlands and hardwood flats.
“This is the work on the plant biology of the Big Thicket.” —Pete A.Y. Gunter, author of The Big Thicket (UNT Press)
Back in Print.
Classroom Adoption
Big Thicket Plant Ecology: An Introduction, Third Edition is a recommended text for use in classrooms where the following subjects are being studied: Environmental Studies.
Originally published in 1979, Geraldine Ellis Watson’s Big Thicket Plant Ecology is now back in print. This updated edition explores the plant biology, ecology, geology, and environmental regions of the Big Thicket National Preserve in East Texas. Watson covers the ecological and geological history of the Big Thicket and introduces its plant life, from longleaf pines and tupelo swamps to savannah wetlands and hardwood flats.
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[“Hardin-Simmons University for "Biodiversity and Ecology of the Big Thicket"”]
About the Author
GERALDINE ELLIS WATSON was a native of Tyler County and lived on her private nature preserve in East Texas. She was a plant ecologist and park ranger for the National Park Service for fifteen years. She authored Reflections on the Neches, also published by the University of North Texas Press.
