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Texas Nature Guide

Texas spans more ecological ground than any other state — from the Chihuahuan desert and Hill Country limestone to the Blackland Prairie, Piney Woods, and the Gulf coast. That range is why Texas has recorded more bird species than any other state and why its nature calendar is unusually long: something is arriving, blooming, or migrating in almost every week of the year.

Texas
660bird species
Northern Mockingbirdstate bird
Bluebonnetstate flower
Pecanstate tree
6b–9bUSDA zones

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Texas Nature Year 2027

Everything Birch Compass knows about a year of nature in one state — the book, the posters, the sky calendar, the life list, and a weekly note through 2027.

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