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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Fraxinus americana, Piney Woods, Quercus havardii, Arisaema triphyllum, Tallgrass prairie, Ceanothus americanus, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Hydrangea arborescens, Cercocarpus montanus, Rivina humilis, Asarum canadense, Allium canadense, Oenothera speciosa, Lindera benzoin, Trillium sessile, Ribes cereum, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Rhus trilobata, Vitis palmata, Commelina erecta, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Ambrosia trifida, Opuntia humifusa, Rubus deliciosus, Platanthera leucophaea, Smilax rotundifolia, Ribes missouriense, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Cnidoscolus texanus, Calopogon tuberosus, Alnus maritima, Phlox divaricata, Iris cristata, Phoradendron leucarpum, Galearis spectabilis, Bouteloua eriopoda, Quincula, Campanula americana, Aplectrum, Dodecatheon meadia, Scrophularia marilandica, Toxicodendron pubescens, Polygonatum biflorum, Echinacea sanguinea, Vitis mustangensis, Castilleja indivisa, Portulaca pilosa, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Athyrium asplenioides, Utricularia striata, Berlandiera lyrata, Fraxinus texensis, Calopogon oklahomensis, Liatris aestivalis, Phacelia purshii. Excerpt: The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 square miles (141,000 km) of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma. These coniferous forests are dominated by several species of pine as well as hardwoods including hickory and oak. The World Wide Fund for Nature considers the Piney Woods to be one of the critically endangered ecoregions of the United States. The Piney Woods cover an area of 140,900 square kilometres (54,400 sq mi) of eastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas and the southeastern corner of Oklahoma. They are bounded on the east by the Mississippi lowland forests, on the south by the Wester...