Post Oak Savannah
The Post Oak Savannah lies just to the west of the Pineywoods and mixes considerably with the Blackland Prairies area in the south. This area includes the entire Claypan land resource area of Texas, which is part of the Southern Coastal Plains. The Post Oak Savannah, a gently rolling, moderately dissected wooded plain, is the home biota of Texas A&M University. Upland soils are gray, slightly acid sandy loams, commonly shallow over gray, mottled or red, firm clayey subsoils. They are generally droughty and have claypans at varying depths, restricting moisture percolation. The bottomland soils are reddish brown to dark gray, slightly acid to calcareous, loamy to clayey alluvial.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum | Bracken Fern Bracken Western Bracken Fern Western Bracken | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Quercus incana | Bluejack Oak Sandjack Oak Upland Willow Oak Cinnamon Oak Shin Oak Turkey Oak | |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak Barren Oak Black Oak Jack Oak | |
Quercus nigra | Water Oak Possum Oak Duck Oak Punk Oak Spotted Oak | |
Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak Shumard's Oak Shumard Red Oak Southern Red Oak Swamp Red Oak Spotted Oak | |
Quercus sinuata var. breviloba | White Shin Oak Bigelow Oak Scaly-bark Oak Limestone Durand Oak Shortlobe Oak Bastard Oak | |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak Iron Oak Cross Oak | |
Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
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