The Cross Timbers is a savanna on the southern Great Plains running from southeastern Kansas, across central Oklahoma, into central Texas. It lies at eastern edge of the great prairies. The Cross Timbers is dominated by post oak and blackjack interspersed with patches of open prairie—both tall and short grass. The thick growth formed an almost impenetrable barrier for early American explorers and travelers. Washington Irving described it as "like struggling through forests of cast iron." The Great Plains is the broad expanse of prairie which lies east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States of America and Canada, covering all or parts of the U.S. states of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota and the... State nickname: The Sunflower State Official languages None Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) Senators Sam Brownback (R) Pat Roberts (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 15th 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² 0. ... Oklahoma is a state of the United States, lying mostly in the southern Great Plains, and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... ... Binomial name Quercus stellata Wangenh. ... Binomial name Quercus marilandica Muenchh. ... Washington Irving Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. ...
External links
The Ancient Cross Timbers Consortium
Map of Cross Timbers
Cross Timbers Historic Images Project–Texas
The Cross Timbers Resource Book–Oklahoma (link to pdf file)
The CrossTimbers of Texas is two long and narrow strips of forest region that extend parallel to each other from Oklahoma southward to Central Texas between the ninety-sixth and ninety-ninth meridians and form a marked contrast to the prairies of the state.
CrossTimbers oaks are used for firewood, railroad ties, and poles, but the most important function of the timber belt is preserving water.
The Western CrossTimbers is underlain by three larger groups of geologic formations: the Trinity sands of the Comanchean or Lower Cretaceous, the hard rocks of the various Pennsylvanian formations, and the Continental Red Beds materials of the Wichita formation in the Lower Permian.
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