Up to 500 million Texas trees died from drought
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A preliminary state estimate says as many as a half-billion trees died this year across Texas from the drought persisting across much of the state.
The Texas Forest Service said in a statement Monday that its foresters estimated that 100 million to 500 million trees died in the 2011 drought.
The forest service preliminary estimates found three areas to be hardest hit.
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One, in Sutton, Crockett, Kimble and Pecos counties in West Texas, saw an extensive die-off of Ashe junipers.
Another, in Harris, Montgomery, Grimes, Madison and Leon counties of Southeast Texas, saw a big die-off of loblolly pines.
Meanwhile, Bastrop and Caldwell counties in Central Texas saw big losses of cedars and post oaks.
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