Color:  Ogallala Palm Wood ranges from white to a dark gray with specks. 

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Distribution Comments:

Ogallala Palm Wood is associated with the Ogallala Formation of western Nebraska, northeastern Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, southern South Dakota, western and central Kansas, western Oklahoma, northwestern Texas, and eastern New Mexico.  Ogallala Palm Wood primarily occurs in western Kansas