Cross Timbers
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The Cross Timbers is a semi-savanna on the southern Great Plains running from southeastern Kansas, across central Oklahoma, into central Texas. It lies at eastern edge of the great prairies. The Cross Timbers is mainly post oak and blackjack forests interspersed with patches of open prairie; both tall and short grass. The thick growth formed an almost impenetrable barrier for early American explorers and travelers. Washington Irving described it as "like struggling through forests of cast iron."
