‘Prairie Time’ paints a ‘Blackland portrait’
Wed, 07/08/2020 - 12:00am
The Blackland Prairie consists of about 12.6 million acres of east-central Texas extending from the Red River to Bexar County. There are smaller areas to the southeast. The soils are deep dark gray to black alkaline. The soils are known as “cracking clays” because of the large, deep cracks that form in dry weather. This soil can cause serious damage to foundations, highways and other structures and is a safety hazard in pits and trenches. Most of the grass land has been changed to pasture type grasses with native grasses on the shallower and steeper soils. It is the native grasses that Matt White writes about in “Prairie Time – A Blackland Portrait.”
