Directory of Plant Life Resources

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Websites about plants (including vascular plants, nonvascular plants, fungi, lichens, etc.) growing wild in Texas, whether native or introduced.

Resources in This Category

• A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas

  http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/taes/tracy/regeco.html
  Searchable list with notes and some photos.

• A Texas Herbal

  http://www.angelfire.com/tx6/trickcoyote/herbal.html
  A guide to the medical, culinary, and other various uses of native Texas trees, flowers, cacti, and anything else that grows.

• Digital Flora of Texas

  http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/ftc/ftcdata.htm
  Project to document Texas plants through collection of specimens, photo archives, and description/identification information. Summary site contains links to individual outgrowths of the project.

• Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas

  http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/shinners.html
  Information including keys, descriptions and illustrations of species, by Shinners and Mahler.

• Jack County Ranch Wildflowers

  http://www.ranchflowers.com/
  Photographs of wildflowers and other wildlife on a 700 acre ranch in north-central Texas by Sue Irish.

• Lost Maples Fall Foliage Report

  http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lost-maples/foliage-reports
  Reports on the autumn foliage found at Lost Maples State Natural Area.

• Maddog'n'Miracles: Scanned Photos of Texas Wildflowers

  http://www.prismnet.com/~maddog/photo_ft.htm
  Annotated photographs of many wildflowers found in the state.

• Merriwether's Foraging Texas

  http://www.foragingtexas.com/
  Directory of edible wild plants and their uses, foraging seminars, and books.

• Native Plant Society of Texas

  http://www.npsot.org/
  Promotes the conservation, research, and utilization of the native plants and plant habitats of Texas.

• Plant Resources Center of the University of Texas at Austin

  http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/prc/
  Herbarium holding the world's largest collection of Texas plant specimens. Site offers history, and information about staff and facility use.

• Statewide Wildflower and Fall Foliage Reports

  http://www.dot.state.tx.us/GIS/FLORA_main/viewer.htm
  Wildflower blooming reports from the Texas Department of Transportation.

• Texas Native Shrubs

  http://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/
  Searchable and browseable species accounts and photos of native shrubs.

• Texas Roadside Gardens

  http://rikart0.tripod.com/txgarden.htm
  Personal site with photos of wildflowers and butterflies from the San Antonio area.

• Texas Wildflower Pictures

  http://www.texaswildflowerpictures.com/
  Photographs of Texas wildflowers by Gary Regner Photography arranged by color; list of spring wildflower sightings.

• Texas Wildflowers

  http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/tamuhort.html
  From the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Includes photographs, seed sources, growing information, and links.

• Texas Wildflowers

  http://www.highlandlakes.com/wildflowers/
  Wildflower photographs, descriptions, and where to find them throughout Texas.

• Wild About Texas Wildflowers

  http://texas.wildflowersightings.org/
  Texas wildflower pictures and descriptions, sightings, maps, and the Texas Department of Transportation wildflower report.

• Wildflower Haven

  http://wildflowerhaven.com/
  Features photographs by Rich Olivieri plus wildflower viewing routes, resources, events, forum, and reports.

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