Wildlife and plant life

[Crazyt123]

Ok Im on a wildlife team and need some help!

 

Do any of you know any good sites with plant list ? or even Texas plant lists? with pictures??

[bunnytowne]

OH goodness no.  Unfortunately                   Pictures are so important to identify plants too.  Good luck in your search. Hope you find a good site that will be helpful

Anyone else know?

[Crazyt123]

thanks! Im googleing but sometimes it hard to know if its the right pic and what seaon its in and stuff
I pretty much have memorized most of them and am doing some work that our coach gave us.

[BinkyBunny]

Sorry, I’m no help if you are just talking general plant life, I would have to just google it too.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Ditto!! Try mixing up your search terms, using + – for boolean searching, try yahoo and wiki stuff too If a site looks sort of like what your looking for but not quite, check out their link sectin

[jerseygirl]

Do you know, I think Scarlet Rose posted a site here recently that was a fountain of information. Department of Agriculture. Maybe try Department of Parks and Wildlife if you have such a thing there. Check local government websites.

Also, I think member PeppersMama is studying something along this vein….(not sure). She’s only recently just come back on the boards – I’ll see if she has time to have a look in on this thread.

[Scarlet_Rose]

Crazyt123, check with your local U.S. Department of Agiriculture or better yet, your local extension service.  They’ll have a wealth of information on wildlife and indigenous plants that will do well in your climate.

Here is a link to your local extenstion service:

http://texasextension.tamu.edu/

Here is their list of plants:

Wildflowers: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu./wildseed/tamuhort.html

Weeds: http://dallas.tamu.edu/weeds/

Plant Answers: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/web.html

Oh and yes your local U.S. Dept. of Agriculture might help some but your local extension service is your #1 resource for all of your needs with plants, insects, etc. They are almost always run from a college, in this case Texas A & M, that study the specific habitat in your area.

You can also check with your local U.S. Dept. of agriculture but I think you’ll find plenty with your extension service.  Of course you can call the TX bureau of Land Management i.e. Parks too.

Here is the BLM (Bureau of Land management) for your area, it’s for New Mexico, Texas & Oklahoma combined so don’t be fooled if you follow the link:

http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/restore_new_mexico.html

And just so y’all know, I only know this stuff because I work with engineers who have to figure consumption requirements of the watering of crops, ET (Evapotranspiration Rates) when working with surface and well water and I’ve been fortunate enough to do some research for them too.

 

 

 

[Crazyt123]

THANKS so much Scarlet_Rose!!!

[Scarlet_Rose]

You are so totally welcome! I’m glad you came here and asked! You just never know, we’ve got lots of members here who know a lot of different stuff.

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