Broad-leaved herbaceous plants (forbs) belong to a category of plants often overlooked and undervalued by the landowner. These plants include those commonly referred to as wildflowers and weeds. To the wildlife manager and naturalist, these plants are recognized as one of the most important groups in the plant world because of their value to the animal community. Ranchers and range managers, natural resource and wildlife management personnel, scientists, and anyone interested in the flora of southern Texas will be able to use this guide to identify many of the herbaceous plant species in this region. Information provided on the ecological characteristics of the plants will be useful to help develop sound land management programs. This field guide includes the most commonly encountered plants that are of importance to wildlife, livestock, and man that occur in southern Texas. Some 185 species, encompassing 143 genera and 51 families of forbs, are represented, excluding grasses and grass-like plants (sedges). Most of the plants are native to the region, but some introduced species are also included. Each species account contains a color photograph, family name, scientific and common names, distinguishing characteristics, ecological information, and comments about wildlife and livestock use. Keys to the families, genera, and species assist identification. Although focusing on plants that occur in southern Texas, the extensive ranges of many of the represented species make it a useful reference for plants in other areas of Texas, the southwestern United States, and northern Mexico.

Field Guide to the Broad-Leaved Herbaceous Plants of South Texas: Used by Livestock and Wildlife

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Lonard, Robert I.

Everitt, James H.

Drawe, D. Lynn

Gardening & Landscape Design

Texas Tech University Press

One person’s weed is another’s wildflower, but in this book weeds of southern Texas and northern Mexico are defined as plants that are considered a nuisance to farmers or noxious to livestock in the region. The book covers 189 broad-leaved herbaceous species, grasslike plants, and grasses, encompassing 144 genera and 45 families. These include one species of fern, 142 species of dicots, and 46 species of monocots. Of the dicots, 111 species of dicots are native and 31 are introduced. Twenty-one species of monocots are native, and 25 are introduced. The species descriptions include color photographs, family names, common names, scientific names, general descriptions, and the ecological characteristics of the weeds. Voucher specimens for most of the plants are on file in the University of Texas–Pan American Herbarium. Although this book focuses on plants that occur on both sides of the Rio Grande in Texas and northern Mexico, the extensive ranges of many of the represented species make it a useful reference for weeds in other areas of Texas and the southwestern United States. This book will be useful to farmers and farm managers, agricultural consultants, ranchers, natural resource managers, scientists, and anyone interested in the flora of southern Texas and northern Mexico.

Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico: A Guide to Identification

Science & Math

Little, Christopher R

Biological Sciences

The vast rangelands of south Texas―that portion of the state lying south of San Antonio and extending west and south to the Rio Grande and east to the Gulf of Mexico―are home to many species of grasses, some beneficial and some noxious. Careful identification is important for ranch and farm management, conservation, and scientific study. This field guide catalogs 250 taxa, representing 9 subfamilies, 15 tribes, and 88 genera. Detailed descriptions, accompanied by color photographs, cover 175 native species and 75 that were introduced―exotic invaders that took hold as agricultural practices, urban development, road construction, and other perturbations eliminated extensive areas of native vegetation. High-resolution photographic scans of pressed field samples show detailed characteristics necessary for identification. Included for each species are common and scientific names and their importance to livestock, wildlife, and man. Detailed keys are provided for the genera and species covered. Although the guide covers grasses that occur in a 31-county area, the extensive ranges of many represented species also make Grasses of South Texas a useful reference for other areas of the state, the American Southwest and the Great Plains, and northern Mexico.

Grasses of South Texas: A Guide to Identification and Value (Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest)

Business & Money

Industries

An original illustrated guide for the identification of the approximately 200 species of native and introduced grasses occurring in Starr, Hidalgo, Cameron, and Willacy Counties, Texas. The diagnostic keys, descriptions and illustrations also apply to adjacent areas of Northern Mexico and the South Texas Plains. The Introduction contains information on Lower Rio Grande Valley plant communities and morphological descriptions of grass plants. Includes generic descriptions, keys to species, species descriptions, illustrations, glossary of technical terms, and index. Contains 103 professionally prepared scratch board illustrations that characterize the major species. Recommended for academic and public school libraries in the Southwest and as an identification guide for both professional and lay readers.

Guide to the Grasses of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Pan Amer Univ Pr

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