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exploring Big Bend Ranch State Park and its flora
xiv, 436 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
"Acquired by the State of Texas in 1988 and first opened to the public as Big Bend State Natural Area in 1991, Big Bend Ranch State Park (BBR) lies within the southern Big Bend of the Trans-Pecos, encompassing some 492 square miles of the Chihuahuan Desert and representing nearly half the total acreage of the Texas state park system. Unlike nearby Big Bend National Park-BRR is relatively undiscovered, wild, challenging, and slightly intimidating. BBR is the "Other" Big Bend, christened the "Other Side of Nowhere," a rugged wilderness outback for the adventuresome with 238 miles of trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding and 70 miles of challenging four-wheel drive roads where visitors can explore stunning geological features, remnants of the area's 11,000-year human history, and a diversity of flora and fauna that rivals any area in the state. In this guidebook, photographer and naturalist Roy Morey walks visitors through the wild landscape, sharing what he has learned during eleven years of studying and photographing Big Bend Ranch State Park. Organized around the six physiographic regions of the park as outlined by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, The Other Side of Nowhere guides readers through the features and locations of the park and includes a field guide section with informative profiles and vivid imagery of 281 plant species. This definitive guide to Big Bend Ranch State Park is a must-have for visitors and an important botanical resource for the greater Big Bend and Trans-Pecos areas"--
Series Foreword / by Andrew Sansom -- Foreword / by David H. Riskind -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Tour of Big Bend Ranch State Park by Physiographic Region -- Physiographic Region 1: Rio Grande Corridor -- Physiographic Region 2: Alamito Creek-Terneros Creek Lowlands -- Physiographic Region 3: Bofecillos Mountains: Highlands -- Physiographic Region 4: Bofecillos Mountains: Llano -- Physiographic Region 5: Solitario -- Physiographic Region 6: Fresno Canyon-Contrabando Lowlands -- Physiographic Region 7: Cienega -- A Field Guide to the Flora -- Appendix A. Plants on Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species list -- Appendix B. Other Plants of Possible Conservation Concern in Texas -- Appendix C. Additions or Revisions to Floral Inventory of Big Bend Ranch -- Glossary of Botanical and Geological Terms -- Glossary of Spanish Terms -- A Note on Sources.
Roy Morey ; foreword by David Riskind [and Andrew Sansom].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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