Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

and its areas of undisturbed mix grass prairie make it an important conservation area. The Wichitas are approximately 500 million years old. [http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/wichitamountains/refhist.html]

Fauna

Several species of large native mammals make their home at the refuge: American Bison, elk, white-tailed deer graze the praries along with Texas longhorn cattle preserved for their cultural and historic importance. Bison, longhorns, and elk were introduced after the establishment of the refuge. Merriam's Elk, the original subspecies of elk in this area, is extinct, so the elk in the refuge are Rocky Mountain Elk.

Many smaller mammal species also live in the refuge, including the Nine-banded Armadillo and the Black-tailed Prairie Dog.

The Refuge is home to many species of birds, and it is one of the remaining homes of the endangered Black-capped Vireo.

Flora

The refuge is ecologically diverse, with prairie, ravine, and mountain plant communities. Portions of the refuge contain scrubby forest of mixed oak varieties. A disjunct population of bigtooth maple is found here, 400 miles from the nearest natural population in West Texas. [cite journal
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title =The Flowering Plants of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
journal =The American Midland Naturalist
volume =20
issue =3
pages =695–703
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date =Nov. 1938
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Recreation

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External links

* [http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/wichitamountains/ Official Site of the Wichita Mountains Refuge]
* [http://www.summitpost.org/area/range/171222/wichita-mountains.html/ WMWR at SummitPost]
* [http://www.wichitamountains.org/ The Wichita Mountains Climbers Coalition]
* [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_nwr/ok_wichi.htm/ WMWR at GORP.com]

References

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