1. Ecoregions of Texas

2. What Is An Ecoregion?
Ecoregion - a major ecosystem with distinctive geography, characteristic plants and animals, and receiving uniform solar radiation and moisture
Sometimes called a bioregion

4. Where Are They? Region 1: Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes
Region 2: Piney Woods
Region 3: Blackland Prairies
Region 4: Oak Woods and Prairies
Region 5: Rolling Plains
Region 6: High Plains

5. Where Are They? Region 7: Edwards Plateau
Region 8: South Texas Brush Country
Region 9: Trans Pecos

6. Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes
Region 1
Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes
Climate: average rainfall of 40 inches a year and warm temperatures
Geography: marshes (muddy) near bays and estuaries, and prairies
Vegetation: tall grass prairies, live oak woodlands, and mesquite

7. Region 2
Piney Woods
Climate: average annual rainfall of 50 inches and temperatures are typically high
Geography: rolling terrain
Vegetation: pine and oak tall hardwood forests with scattered areas of cropland and rich bottomlands

8. Region 3 Blackland Prairies
Climate: average annual rainfall of 40 inches
Geography: gently rolling to nearly level terrain
Vegetation: food and forage crops

9. Region 4 Oak Woods & Prairies
Climate: Average annual rainfall of 40 inches per year
Geography: gently rolling to hilly terrain
Vegetation: oak savannah, where patches of oak woodland alternate with grassland

10. Region 5
Rolling Plains
Climate: average annual rainfall of 28 inches; dry summers with high temperatures
Geography: gently rolling hills and flats are cut by several rivers
Vegetation: mesquite and short grass savannah

11. Region 6
High Plains
Climate: extended droughts have occurred several times this century
Geography: relatively level high plateau
Vegetation: mostly irrigated cropland

12. Region 7 Edwards Plateau Climate: average annual rainfall is 34 inches
Geography: many springs, stony hills, and steep canyons and caves
Vegetation: grasslands, plateau with live oak, or mesquite savannah

13. South Texas Brush Country
Region 8
South Texas Brush Country
Climate: average annual rainfall of 35 inches increases. Summer temperatures are high
Geography: flat plains to gently rolling terrain
Vegetation: thorny shrubs, trees, and cactus scattered with patches of palms

14. Region 9 Trans Pecos Climate: 15 inches of rain; warm, dry winters
Geography: salt basins, sand hills, rugged plateaus,
Vegetation: desert grassland, desert scrub

15. My Ecoregion Which region do you live in?
Have you ever visited another region?