audreyh1
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It’s not that native trees have been destroyed by hurricanes. If that were true there would be no tall trees on any of the TX coast, and there are especially along the central TX coast and East TX. It’s simply that we don’t have many large native trees down here, and their distribution is naturally sparse. Vegetation in more short and scrub-like here.At least Brownsville residents don't have to worry about problems with trees, etc.
I think all the native trees have disappeared in past hurricanes.Those left are probably very short.
Oaks stop about 100 miles north of us. It’s quite obvious when you drive down US 281. A few miles south of the BP checkpoint and the oaks suddenly vanish. We don’t have native pecan trees either, and cedar elms are sparse. Large deciduous trees you see have been planted by someone so dominate in cities. All those tall palms you see are imported, the native palm doesn’t get nearly that tall. Our largest natural trees tend to be mesquites and they just don’t get that big. Native vegetation around us is known as Tamaulipan Thorn Scrub and larger plants are predominantly acacias, and most plants have thorns. Larger trees occur along the river and associated resacas (oxbow lakes). The rest is short.
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