Piney Woods

Location The piney woods is located in the east of Texas

Precipitation The precipitation rate in the Piney woods is up to 36 to 50 inches! Regional Average Rainfall: 40-52 in./yr Regional Average Net Evaporation rate: 16-32 inches

Temperature The temperature in the Piney woods in the summer can get up to 80°F or higher. The temperature in the winter though goes to 40-60°F

Soil Type (Alfisols) Alfisols are found in cool to hot humid areas, and in the semiarid tropics; they are formed mostly under forest vegetation, but also under grass savanna.

Soil Type (Ultisols) Ultisols are intensely weathered soils of warm and humid climates. They are typically formed on older geologic locations in parent material that is already extensively weathered

Animals There are over 180 different animals species in the piney woods. The most common are… River otter Attwater's pocket gopher Virginia opossum Eastern flying squirrel white-tailed deer Common gray fox

Plants There are about or over 1085 species of plants in the piney woods. The most common are… Red maple Sweetgum Buttonbush Flowering dogwood Loblolly pine

Land features Some of the land features in the piney woods are swamps, rolling terrain, low wetlands, Longleaf pine forests, and of coarse thick forest of pines. swamps rolling terrain Low wetlands Longleaf pine forests Pine forest

Wind Speed The wind speed in piney woods gets up to 6.4 mph.

I got my pictures from Google images and I used the information from TPWD Kids and the packets we got in class.