Big Thicket National Preserve
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lmcgisme
N 30° 27.491 W 094° 23.219
15R E 366841 N 3370374
Big Thicket National Preserve was established in October 1974, the first National Preserve in the National Park System. What is extraordinary is not the rarity or abundance of its life forms, but how many species coexist here.
Waymark Code: WM3636
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2008
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Major North American biological influences bump up against each other here: south eastern swamps, eastern forests, central plains, and southwest deserts. Bogs sit near arid sandhills. Eastern bluebirds nest near roadrunners. There are 85 tree species, more than 60 shrubs, and nearly 1,000 other flowering plants, including 26 ferns and allies, 20 orchids, and four of North America's five types of insect-eating plants. Nearly 186 kinds of birds live here or migrate through. Fifty reptile species include a small, rarely seen population of alligators. Amphibious frogs and toads abound.
The Big Thicket was designated an International Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations in 1981, and in 2001 the American Bird Conservancy designated National Preserve a Globally Important Bird Area.
Address:
6102 FM 420
Kountze, TX United States
77625
NPS Web Page for this Station: [Web Link]
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