Originally published in 1979, Geraldine Ellis Watson's ""Big Thicket Plant Ecology"" is now back in print. This updated edition explores the plant biology, ecology, geology, and environmental regions of the Big Thicket National Preserve. After decades of research on the Big Thicket, Watson concluded that the Big Thicket was unique for its biological diversity, due mainly to interactions of geology and climate. A visitor in the Big Thicket could look in four different directions from one spot and view scenes typical of the Appalachians, the Florida Everglades, a southwestern desert, or the pine barrens of the Carolinas. Watson covers the ecological and geological history of the Big Thicket and introduces its plant life, from longleaf pines and tupelo swamps to savannah wetlands and hardwood flats.
- ISBN13 9781574412147
- Publish Date 30 October 2006 (first published 1 January 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of North Texas Press,U.S.
- Edition 3rd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 152
- Language English