. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 34. Cottonwood Timber, Saucito, Pkesidio County57 58 THE GEOGRAPHY OE TEXAS 54. Vegetation of the Coast Prairie. Although the vege-tation of the Coast prairie is largely in the form of grassesand rushes, — plants suited to low, swampy lands, — thelive oak occurs here and there in scattered clumps, called mottes, and in some abundance along the Brazos, Colo-rado, and other streams. Beyond Corpus Christi thedecrease in rainfall and other climatic conditions causea change — the swamp growth is followed by the grasses. EiG. 35. Live-Oak Motte
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 34. Cottonwood Timber, Saucito, Pkesidio County57 58 THE GEOGRAPHY OE TEXAS 54. Vegetation of the Coast Prairie. Although the vege-tation of the Coast prairie is largely in the form of grassesand rushes, — plants suited to low, swampy lands, — thelive oak occurs here and there in scattered clumps, called mottes, and in some abundance along the Brazos, Colo-rado, and other streams. Beyond Corpus Christi thedecrease in rainfall and other climatic conditions causea change — the swamp growth is followed by the grasses. EiG. 35. Live-Oak Motte West of Austin of the plains, together with the more or less arid vegeta-tion of the LoAver Rio Grande region. The timber that is found in the Coast prairie regionof East Texas, along the streams and in isolated groves,is mostly Cottonwood, willow, elm, hackberry, sycamore,ash, water oak, pin oak, post oak, some red oak, and cedar,and, in the western part of the area, pecan and growths of vines, rattan, poison oak, and grapevine have often wrapped themselves about the trees, form-ing an impassable network. The spread of the mesquite VEGETATIOX 59 in this region is a noteworthy fact. When the countrywas first settled it was a rare tree in the valley of thelower Brazos, and was identified only with the westernprairies. Since that time, however, it has spread to theeast, and is now seen in considerable quantities aboutSealy and other Brazos River towns. ^ 55. Vegetation of the Rio Grande Plain. On the RioGrande plain the vegetation of the Forested a
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