Barton Warnock Visitor Center consists of 99.9 acres located in
Brewster County, Texas, United States. The center was built in 1982 by the Lajitas Foundation and was known as the Lajitas Museum Desert Gardens. The
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department purchased the center in October 1990 and named it after
Barton Holland Warnock
Barton Holland Warnock (1911–1998) was an American botanist and leading authority on flora of the Trans-Pecos area and northern Chihuahua Desert.
Biography
Born in Christoval, Texas in July 1911, Warnock grew up at Fort Stockton, Texas and by 1 ...
(1911–1998), an American botanist and leading authority on
flora
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' gut flora'' or '' skin flora''.
E ...
of the
Trans-Pecos area and northern
Chihuahuan Desert
The Chihuahuan Desert ( es, Desierto de Chihuahua, ) is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It occupies much of far West Texas, the middle to lower Rio Grande Valley and the lower P ...
. The center serves as the eastern visitor center for the
Big Bend Ranch State Park
Big Bend Ranch State Park is a state park located on the Rio Grande in Brewster and Presidio counties, Texas. It is the largest state park in Texas. The closest major town is Presidio, Texas, where the state park's head office is located. and interprets the archaeological, historical, and natural history of the
Big Bend region.
See also
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List of Texas state parks
This is a list of state parks and state natural areas in Texas, United States, managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Several state historic sites that used to be managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife are now managed by the Texas Histo ...
References
External links
Barton Warnock Visitor Center
State parks of Texas
Protected areas of Brewster County, Texas
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