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Crosstimbers: Sandyland Shrubland and Grassland
Area: 412,499 acres (166,933 ha)
Description of Mapped Type: This type is mapped over more or less deep sands and in the
modern landscape if most often represented by grazed pasture with non-native and grazing-
tolerant species such as Bermudagrass, tall fescue, annual ragweed, weeping lovegrass,
Johnsongrass, and sandbur species. Overall herbaceous species diversity tends to be fairly
high over deeper sand, and some may contain species such as little bluestem, pinweed, Florida
snake-cotton, southern jointweed, and Alabama supplejack. Common woody components
include Chickasaw plum, post oak, winged elm, and blackjack oak.
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