Geography of the Borderlands by cabot ferguson https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot Made with the funk, all the funk, and no funk at all en-us 2019-03-27 19:54:49 UTC 2026-01-15 22:22:46 UTC hello@padlet.com Average weather in Brownsville yourthebomb143 https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/345885462 2019-03-27 20:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/345885462 Native Plants in Brownsville yourthebomb143 https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/345885777 2019-03-27 20:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/345885777 Plants of the Texas Coastal Prairie yourthebomb143 https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346646362 These plants make up the bulk of the Texas Costal Plains and are made up of small root plants due to the ~56in of rain per year preventing the clay soil from supporting large root plants. Tall grasses like: blue stem, bulrush, eastern gamagrass, switchgrass and yellow indiangrass populate much of the area; along with flowers such as the texas coneflower, swamp sunflower, indian blanket, mexican hat, goldenrod, black-eyed susan and blazing star.]]> 2019-03-29 17:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346646362 Plants of the Costal Rio Grande Marshlands yourthebomb143 https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346649945 This area is filled with soils that contain marshy, poorly-oxygenated, saline soils. Most of the area is characterized by lots of standing, brachish water and salt-water plants like shoalgrass, turtlegrass, sedge, rush, cattail, mangrove, pickerelweed and common reeds. Furthermore, common flowers found in this area are the water hyacinth, beach morning glory, white waterlily and rose mallow.]]> 2019-03-29 17:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346649945 Plants of the Rio Grande’s Sandsheet yourthebomb143 https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346654363 Sandsheets are caused by winds blowing in from the Gulf of Mexico and often form on the north side of the Rio Grande (our site), the sand in the area makes up the bulk of the soil in the ecosystem. Both large trees and shrubs are capable of growing in this area along with tall grasses. Prickly pears and mesquite can often be found in the eco system accompanied by grasses like the seacoast blue stem, as well as the gulfdune paspalum, camophor daisy and indiangrass. Oak forests can populate the area it can support flowers like the bluebell and petunia.]]> 2019-03-29 17:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346654363 Landscape at and around the site stovallb https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346674416 The site itself mostly consists of greenery and forests covering most of the site. The southwest portion of the site has a somewhat desert terrain with not as many trees and more sand or dry dirt than grass. Around the site consists of mostly the same thing with lots of green and trees and not as much desert. ]]> 2019-03-29 18:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346674416 Weather Patterns at the site stovallb https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346677333 Average High-94 in July/August
Average Low-52 January
Average Rainfall-2.28in/month]]> 2019-03-29 18:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346677333 Winds Patterns stovallb https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346680144 Most winds come from the Gulf of Mexico from the south east and blow westward than towards the north.]]> 2019-03-29 19:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346680144 Solar Ideas for Brownsville stovallb https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346683611 2019-03-29 19:14:18 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346683611 Resources in the Coastal Plains stovallb https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346684685 List of resources:
-forestry and timber
-fuel resources
-minerals
-rock and sediments]]> 2019-03-29 19:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346684685 Building materials stovallb https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346692057 Some materials found in the area:
-clay
-wood
-stone
clay can be used for adobe house building. Stone and would for normal buildings and houses. These resources are pretty consistent throughout most of Texas. ]]> 2019-03-29 19:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/yourthebomb143/s3giafbf07ot/wish/346692057