Cross Timbers - Wikipedia
I-35 and I-35W cross north to south, while US 82, US 380, I-30, I-20, US 377, and US 67 cross east to west; US 81 and US 287 also cross southwest to northeast.
The Cross Timbers: The Ancient Forest at America’s Crossroads ...
In this sense they were little different than a prominent mountain range or one of the West’s great rivers, as the Cross Timbers appeared on most early maps of the region, not only as a curious point of reference, but also as a demarcation point separating the more established East from the wild western frontier.
Map | The Ancient Cross Timbers Consortium - University of …
Large tracts of ancient deciduous forest still grace the ridges and rugged escarpments of southeast Kansas, Oklahoma, western Arkansas, and central Texas. These interesting woodlands are dominated by centuries-old post oak (Quercus stellata) and are part of …
TPWD:Cross Timbers - Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
The East Cross Timbers - In Northcentral Texas, the East Cross Timbers vegetative sub-region is a narrow strip of timbered country extending from eastern Cooke County on the Red River south to western Hill County and includes portions of Denton, Tarrant, Johnson, and Hill counties.
Cross Timbers - TSHA
Aug 1, 1995 · The Eastern (or Lower) Cross Timbers, a narrow band of blackjack and post oak, separates the region of Black Prairies on the east from the Grand Prairies on the west. The Eastern and Western Cross Timbers are formed by a …
The Ancient Cross Timbers Forest | Cross Timbers Urban Forestry …
Oct 13, 2023 · The Cross Timbers Forest is the last of the forests early European settlers encountered as they traveled from the east to the west. Look at any two maps, and none will agree on the exact location of the Cross Timbers.
Cross Timbers - Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
The East Cross Timbers is a narrow strip of dense post oak/blackjack oak woods that follow I-35 between the Blackland Prairie to the east and the Fort Worth Prairie to the west. In pre-settlement times, it was so dense with underbrush that it was known as the ‘Cast Iron Forest’.
Cross Timbers | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
Albeit the Cross Timbers are the western most extension of the oak-hickory forest of the eastern United States, it is not accurate to describe Cross Timbers simply as forest. In fact, the Cross Timbers is a mosaic of forest, woodland, and prairie.
History | The Ancient Cross Timbers Consortium - University of …
The topography of the Cross Timbers is gently rolling except for a number of distinct north-south ridges, cuestas of tilted sedementary rocks, which parallel each other into Kansas. These ridges maintain a suggestion of angularity similer to that of the western mesas, although they are covered by dense oak forest.
Cross Timbers Trail - Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
Exploring the Cross Timbers Trail offers hikers a glimpse to an ancient Western Cross Timber forest that once extended from southern Kansas into North Central Texas. This 3.37 round-trip trail has views of the West Fork of the Trinity River, the Lotus Marsh, and 250+ year old trees.