Clymer Meadow Preserve
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Clymer Meadow Preserve is a Nature Conservancy preserve located in the Blackland Prairie region of north Texas
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in Texas including two globally imperilled plant communities: Little Bluestem
-Indiangrass and Gamagrass-Switchgrass
community series types.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Habitats
The Clymer Meadow Preserve protects one of the largest remaining areas of tallgrass prairieTallgrass prairie
The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America, with fire as its primary periodic disturbance. In the past, tallgrass prairies covered a large portion of the American Midwest, just east of the Great Plains, and portions of the Canadian Prairies. They flourished in areas with...
in Texas including two globally imperilled plant communities: Little Bluestem
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a North American prairie grass. Little bluestem is a perennial bunchgrass and is prominent in tallgrass prairie, along with big bluestem , indiangrass and switchgrass...
-Indiangrass and Gamagrass-Switchgrass
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum, commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial warm season bunchgrass native to North America, where it occurs naturally from 55°N latitude in Canada southwards into the United States and Mexico...
community series types.