. The geography of Texas, physical and political. he abundant, moderate, and scanty rainfalls, and in thedifferences in altitudes, temperatures, and soils in the dif-ferent regions of the state. In the consideration of itsplant life, therefore, the vast extent of Texas should notbe lost to view, for within its borders we shall find themeeting points of several widely varying floras. 49. Forests. The distribution of the forest growth isshown on the accompanying map (Fig. 28). It will therebe seen that by far the larger part of the state is treeless,or, to be more precise, only about a fourth pa
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. he abundant, moderate, and scanty rainfalls, and in thedifferences in altitudes, temperatures, and soils in the dif-ferent regions of the state. In the consideration of itsplant life, therefore, the vast extent of Texas should notbe lost to view, for within its borders we shall find themeeting points of several widely varying floras. 49. Forests. The distribution of the forest growth isshown on the accompanying map (Fig. 28). It will therebe seen that by far the larger part of the state is treeless,or, to be more precise, only about a fourth part is tim-bered. While some of the forests are very valuable fortheir timber resources, others furnish little of worth exceptposts, for fencing, and fuel. 50. The East Texas Timber Belt. The forested regionof eastern Texas is of the greatest importance. Here arefound the long-leaf, the short-leaf, and the loblolly pines;the cypress, which occurs along the streams; and a greatvariety of liard woods, such as oak, hickory, ash, walnut,and beech. 49. 50 VEGETATION 51 In 1900 these forests furnished one billion feet of lum-ber. Of the trees of this area the long-leaf pine is con-sidered the most valuable, though when sawed into lumberthe three pines can scarcely be distinguished by an expert.
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