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.

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GERALDINE ELLIS WATSON is a native of Tyler County and lives 
on her private nature preserve in East Texas. She was a plant 
ecologist and park ranger for the National Park Service for fifteen 
years. She is the author of Reflections on the Neches, also 
published by the University of North Texas Press.


Number Five: Temple Big Thicket Series


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"This is the work on the plant biology of the Big Thicket."—Pete A. Y. 
Gunter, author of The Big Thicket (UNT Press)