The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 square miles of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern
A creek running through the Piney Woods in Northeast Texas.
Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea), Fort Bend County, Texas, USA (October 2020)
Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus), locality unknown (August 2019)
American woodcock (Scolopax minor) Essex, Ontario, Canada (March 2017)
Arkansas is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to
Piney Woods
…a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering 54,400 square miles (141,000 km2) of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma. These coniferous forests are dominated by several species of pine as well as hardwoods including hickory…
Platform mounds were constructed frequently during the Woodland and Mississippian periods.
Arkansas statehood, 100th anniversary issue; released on June 15, 1936, on the 100th anniversary of Arkansas statehood. The old state house is depicted at center, the fort surrounding the Arkansas Post at left with the present day state capitol building at right.
Lakeport Plantation, built c. 1859
Cannons at Battle of Pea Ridge site