These twelve photographs illustrate a range of ancient forests from the Post Oak belts of southcentral Texas across the Cross Timbers of Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas. Click on the images below to load the larger versions. Ancient post oak savannah near Yegua Creek, Texas. Ancient post oak tree and forest, Guadalupe County, Texas. A recently cleared Cross Timbers forest, Throckmorton County, Texas.
Ancient forest survives in a narrow strip along the horizon.