Books for the Study of Texas Native Plants

Modified from a list provided by
the Native Plant Society of Texas
Box 891, Georgetown, TX 78627
512/238-0695
512/238-0703 (fax)
dtucker@io.com
many of the books listed can be purchased from the Native Plant Society of Texas

From an appendix in Shinners & Mahler's Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas; copyright 1999 BRIT and Austin College

Sources of General Botanical Information

Heywood, V.H., ed. 1993. Flowering plants of the world. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. [concise information about families of flowering plants; beautifully illustrated]

Hickey, M. and C. King. 1997. Common families of flowering plants. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England, U.K. [information on the more common flowering plant families]

Hyam, R. and R. Pankhurst. 1995. Plants and their names: A concise dictionary. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. [interesting source on where plant names are derived]

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland, 2nd ed. (2 vols.). Timber Press, Portland, OR. [scientific nomenclature of all native and naturalized vascular plants of North America north of Mexico]

Mabberley, D.J. 1997. The plant book, a portable dictionary of the higher plants, 2nd ed. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England, U.K. [excellent source of plant information worldwide at the family and genus level]

Walters, D.R. and D.J. Keil. 1996. Vascular plant taxonomy (4th ed.). Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, IA. [a standard text on plant taxonomy/systematics]

Woodland, D.W. 1997. Contemporary plant systematics, 2nd ed., Andrews Univ. Press, Berrien Springs, MI. [a standard text on plant taxonomy/systematics, with CD-ROM]

Zomlefer, W.B. 1994. Guide to flowering plant families. Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. [concise information about families of flowering plants; beautifully illustrated]

Floras and Manuals

Burlage, H.M. 1973. The wild flowering plants of Highland Lakes country of Texas. Published by the author, Austin, TX.

Correll, D.S. 1956. Ferns and fern allies of Texas. Texas Research Foundation, Renner.

_____ and H.B. Correll. 1972. Aquatic and wetland plants of southwestern United States. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Correll, D.S. and M.C. Johnson. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. Texas Research Foundation, Renner.

Cory, V.L. and H.B. Parks. 1937. Catalogue of the flora of the state of Texas. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 550.

Cronquist, A. 1980. Asteraceae. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States 1:1--261. The Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.

Diggs, G.M. Jr., B.L. Lipscomb, and R.J. O'Kennon. 1999. Shinners & Mahler's Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Fort Worth.

Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993a. Flora of North America north of Mexico, Vol. 1, Introduction. Oxford Univ. Press, New York.

_____. 1993b. Flora of North America north of Mexico, Vol. 2, Pteridophytes and gymnosperms. Oxford Univ. Press, New York.

_____. 1997. Flora of North America north of Mexico, Vol. 3, Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York.

Gandhi, K.N. and R.D. Thomas. 1989. Asteraceae of Louisiana. Sida, Bot. Misc. 4:1--202.

Godfrey, R.K. and J.W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, monocotyledons. Vol. 1. Univ. of Georgia Press, Athens.

_____ and _____. 1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of the southeastern United States, dicotyledons. Vol. 2. Univ. of Georgia Press, Athens.

Great Plains Flora Association. 1977. Atlas of the flora of the Great Plains. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames.

Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Univ. Press of Kansas, Lawrence.

Isely, D. 1990. Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Vascular flora of the southeastern United States 3(2):1--258. Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.

Johnston, M.C. 1990. The vascular plants of Texas: A list, up-dating the manual of the vascular plants of Texas, 2nd ed. Published by the author, Austin, TX.

Jones, F.B. 1975. Flora of the Texas Coastal Bend. Welder Wildlife Foundation, Sinton, TX.

Jones, F.B., C.M. Rowell, Jr. and M.C. Johnston. 1961. Flowering plants and ferns of the Texas Coastal Bend counties. Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, TX.

Luer, C.A. 1975. The native orchids of the United States and Canada excluding Florida. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.

Lundell, C.L. and collaborators. 1961. Flora of Texas, Vol. III. Texas Research Foundation, Renner, TX.

Lundell, C.L. and collaborators. 1966. Flora of Texas, Vol. I. Texas Research Foundation, Renner, TX.

Lundell, C.L. and collaborators. 1969. Flora of Texas, Vol. II. Texas Research Foundation, Renner, TX.

Mahler, W.F. 1970. Keys to the vascular plants of the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, Brewster County, Texas. Published by the author, Dallas, TX [currently available through BRIT].

_____. 1973a. Flora of Taylor County, Texas. Published by the author, Dallas, TX.

_____. 1980. The mosses of Texas. Published by the author, Dallas, TX [currently available through BRIT].

_____. 1988. Shinners' manual of the North Central Texas flora. Sida, Bot. Misc. 3:1--313 [currently available through BRIT].

McAlister, W.H. and M.K. McAlister. 1993. A naturalist's guide, Matagorda Island. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

McAlister, W.H. and M.K. McAlister. 1987. Guidebook to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Mince Country Press, Rt. 1, Box 95C, Victoria, TX.

McDougall, W.B. and O.E. Sperry. 1951. Plants of Big Bend National Park. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Metz, M.C. 1934. A flora of Bexar County Texas. The Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC.

Metzler, S. and V. Metzler. 1992. Texas mushrooms. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Peterson, C.D. and L.E. Brown. 1983. Vascular flora of the Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary, San Jacinto County, Texas. Outdoor Nature Club, Houston, TX.

Reese, W.O. 1984. Mosses of the Gulf South. Louisiana State Univ. Press, Baton Rouge.

Reeves, R.G. 1972. Flora of Central Texas. Prestige Press, Ft. Worth, TX.

_____. 1977. Flora of Central Texas, revised ed. Grant Davis Inc., Dallas, TX.

_____ and D.C. Bain. 1947. Flora of South Central Texas. The Exchange Store, Texas A&M Univ., College Station.

Richardson, A. 1990. Plants of southernmost Texas. Gorgas Science Foundation, Inc., Brownsville, TX.

_____. 1995. Plants of the Rio Grande Delta. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Shinners, L.H. 1958a. Spring flora of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Texas. Published by author, Dallas, TX.

Stanford, J.W. 1976. Keys to the vascular plants of the Texas Edwards Plateau and adjacent areas. Published by the author, Brownwood, TX.

Turner, B.L. 1959. The legumes of Texas. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Weniger, D. 1970. Cacti of the southwest. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

_____. 1984. Cacti of Texas and neighboring states. Univ. of Texas, Austin.

Grasses, Range Plants

Gould, F.W. 1975. The grasses of Texas. Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station.

_____. 1978. Common Texas grasses: An illustrated guide. Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station.

_____. and R.B. Shaw. 1983. Grass systematics, 2nd ed. Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station.

Hatch, S.L. and J. Pluhar 1993. Texas range plants. Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station.

Hignight, K.W., J.K. Wipff, and S.L. Hatch. 1988. Grasses (Poaceae) of the Texas Cross Timbers and Prairies. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Misc. Publ. No. 1657.

Phillips Petroleum Company. 1963. Pasture and range plants. Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, OK.

Powell, M.A. 1994. Grasses of the Trans-Pecos and adjacent areas. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Stubbendieck, J., S.L. Hatch, and C.H. Butterfield. 1997. North American range plants, 5th ed. Univ. of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.

Tharp, B.C. 1952. Texas range grasses. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Shrubs, Trees

Cox, P.W. and P. Leslie. 1988. Texas trees, a friendly guide. Corona Publishing Co., San Antonio, TX.

Elias, T.S. 1980. The complete trees of North America. Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY.

_____. 1989. Field guide to North American trees. Grolier Book Clubs, Danbury, CT.

Everitt, J. H. and D.L. Drawe. 1993. Trees, shrubs and cacti of South Texas. Texas Tech Univ. Press, Lubbock.

Leonard, R.I., J.H. Everitt and F.W. Judd. 1991. Woody plants of the Lower Rio Grande Texas. Texas Memorial Museum, Univ. of Texas, Austin.

Lynch, D. 1981. Native and naturalized woody plants of Austin and the Hill Country. Published by the author, Austin, TX.

Müller, C.H. 1951. The oaks of Texas. Contr. Texas Res. Found. Bot. Stud. 1:21--311. Texas Research Foundation, Renner.

Nixon, E.S. 1985. Trees, shrubs and woody vines of East Texas. Bruce Lyndon Cunningham Productions, Nacogdoches, TX.

Powell, A.M. 1988. Trees and shrubs of Trans-Pecos Texas including Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks. Big Bend Natural History Association, Inc., Big Bend National Park, TX.

_____. 1998. Trees and shrubs of the Trans-Pecos and adjacent areas. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Simpson, B.J. 1988. A field guide to Texas trees. Texas Monthly Press, Austin. 

Texas Forest Service. 1970. Famous trees of Texas. Texas Forest Service, College Station.

_____. 1971. Forest trees of Texas. How to know them (B-20). Texas Forestry Association, College Station.

Vines, R.A. 1960. Trees, shrubs and woody vines of the Southwest. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Wildflowers

Abbott, C. 1979. How to know and grow Texas wildflowers. Green Horizons Press, Kerrville, TX

Ajilvsgi, G. 1990. Butterfly gardening for the South. Taylor Press, Dallas, TX.

_____. 1979. Wild flowers of the Big Thicket, East Texas, and western Louisiana. Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station.

_____. 1984. Wildflowers of Texas. Shearer Publishing, Fredericksburg, TX.

Andrews, J. 1986. The Texas bluebonnet. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

_____. 1992. American wildflower florilegium. Univ. of North Texas Press, Denton.

Cannatella, M.M. and R.E. Arnold. 1985. Plants of the Texas shore. Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station.

Enquist, M. 1987. Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country. Lone Star Botanical, Austin, TX.

Ham, H. and M. Bruce. 1984. South Texas wildflowers. Texas A&M Univ., Kingsville.

Johnston, E.G. 1972. Texas wild flowers. Shoal Creek Publishers, Inc., Austin, TX.

Kirkpatrick, Z.M. 1992. Wildflowers of the western plains. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Loughmiller, C. and L. Loughmiller. 1984. Texas wildflowers. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Mattiza, D.B. 1993. 100 Texas wildflowers. Southwest Parks and Monuments Assoc., Tuscon, AZ.

Meier, L. and J. Reid. 1989. Texas wildflowers. News America and Weldon Owen Publ. Ltd., NY.

National Wildflower Research Center. 1992. Wildflower handbook. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MN.

Niehaus, T.F., C.L. Ripper and V. Savage. 1984. Southwestern and Texas wildflowers. Easton Press, Norwalk, CT.

O'Kennon, L.E. and R. O'Kennon. 1987. Texas wildflower portraits. Texas Monthly Press, Austin.

Ranson, N.R. and M.J. Laughlin 199. Wildflowers: Legends, poems and paintings (H.E. Laughlin, ed.). Heard Natural Science Museum, McKinney, TX.

Rechenthin, C.A. 1972. Native flowers of Texas. U.S.D.A.-Soil Conservation Service, Temple, TX.

Rickett, H.W. 1970. Wildflowers of the United States, Texas. McGraw-Hill, NY.

Rose, F.L. and R.W. Strandtmann. 1986. Wildflowers of the Llano Estacado. Taylor Press, Dallas, TX.

Schulz, E.D. 1922. 500 wild flowers of San Antonio and vicinity. Published by the author, San Antonio, TX.

_____. 1928. Texas wild flowers: A popular account of the common wild flowers of Texas. Laidlaw Brothers, Chicago, IL.

Spellenberg, R. 1979. The Audubon Society field guide to North American wildflowers, western region. Alfred A. Knopf. New York.

Tveten, J.L. and G.A. Tveten. 1993. Wildflowers of Houston and southeast Texas. Univ. Texas Press, Austin.

Warnock, B.H. 1970. Wildflowers of the Big Bend country Texas. Sul Ross State Univ., Alpine, TX.

_____. 1977. Wildflowers of the Davis Mountains and the Marathon Basin Texas. Sul Ross State Univ., Alpine, TX.

_____. 1974. Wildflowers of the Guadalupe Mountains and the Sand Dune Country Texas. Sul Ross State Univ., Alpine, TX.

Whitehouse, E. 1936. Texas flowers in natural colors. Published by the author, Dallas, TX.

Wills, M.M. and H.S. Irwin. 1961. Roadside flowers of Texas. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Texas Botany, Landscaping, Miscellany

Amos, B.B. and F.R. Gehlbach. 1988. Edwards Plateau vegetation. Baylor Univ. Press, Waco, TX.

Barlow, J.C., A.M. Powell and B.N. Timmermann. 1983. Invited papers for the 2nd Symposium on Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert Region U.S. and Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Alpine, TX.

Britton, J.C. and B. Morton. 1989. Shore ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Cox, P., J. Merritt, and J. Molony. 1998. McMillen's Texas gardening---wildflowers. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, TX.

Cheatham, S. and M.C. Johnston. 1995. The useful wild plants of Texas, the southeastern and southwestern United States, the southern Plains, and northern Mexico. Vol. 1, Abronia--Arundo. Useful Wild Plants, Inc., Austin, TX.

Fritz, E.C. 1986. Realms of beauty, the wilderness areas of East Texas. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Garrett, J.H. 1993a. J. Howard Garrett's organic manual. The Summit Group, Fort Worth, TX.

_____. 1993b. Howard Garrett's Texas organic gardening book. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, TX.

_____. 1994. Plants of the metroplex III. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

_____. 1996. Howard Garrett's plants for Texas. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Geiser, S.W. 1945. Horticulture and horticulturists in early Texas. Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX.

_____. 1948. Naturalists of the frontier, 2nd ed. Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX.

Goyne, M.A. 1991. A life among the Texas flora. Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station.

Gunter, P.A. Y. 1993. The Big Thicket: An ecological reevaluation. Univ. of North Texas Press, Denton.

Hatch, S.L., K.N. Gandhi, and L.E. Brown. 1990. Checklist of the vascular plants of Texas. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Misc. Publ. No. 1655.

Hayward, O.T. and J.C. Yelderman. 1991. A field guide to the Blackland Prairie of Texas, from frontier to heartland in one long century. Program for Regional Studies, Baylor Univ., Waco, TX.

Hayward, O.T., P.N. Dolliver, D.L. Amsbury, and J.C. Yelderman. 1992. A field guide to the Grand Prairie of Texas, land, history, culture. Program for Regional Studies, Baylor Univ., Waco, TX.

Jones, A.G. 1992. Aster and Brachyactis (Asteraceae) in Oklahoma. Sida, Bot. Misc. 8:1--46.

Jones, S.D., J.K. Wipff, and P.M. Montgomery. 1997. Vascular plants of Texas: A comprehensive checklist including synonymy, bibliography, and index. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Kindscher, K. 1987. Edible wild plants of the prairie. Univ. Press of Kansas, Lawrence.

_____. 1992. Medicinal wild plants of the prairie. Univ. of Kansas Press, Lawrence.

Meltzer, S. 1997. Herb gardening in Texas, 3rd ed. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, TX.

Miller, G.O. 1991. Landscaping with native plants of Texas and the southwest. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MN.

Natural Fibers Information Center. 1987. The climates of Texas counties. Monogr. Series No. 2. Office of the State Climatologist, Dept. of Meteorology, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M Univ., College Station.

Niethammer, C.J. 1987. The tumbleweed gourmet - cooking with wild southwestern plants. Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Nokes, J. 1986. How to grow native plants of Texas and the southwest. Texas Monthly Press, Austin.

Parks, H.B. 1937. Valuable plants native to Texas. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 551.

Sharpless, M.R. and J.C. Yelderman, eds. 1993. The Texas Blackland Prairie, land, history, and culture. Baylor Univ. Program for Regional Studies, Waco, TX.

Sperry, N. 1991. Neil Sperry's complete guide to Texas gardening. Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas, TX.

Steitz, Q. 1987. Grasses pods vines weeds decorating with Texas naturals. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Taylor, C.E. 1997. Keys to the Asteraceae of Oklahoma. Southeastern Oklahoma State Univ. Herbarium, Durant.

Taylor, R.J. and C.E. Taylor. 1994. An annotated list of the ferns, fern allies, gymnosperms and flowering plants of Oklahoma, 3rd ed. Southeastern Oklahoma State Univ. Herbarium, Durant, OK.

TOES (Texas Organization for Endangered Species). 1993. Endangered, threatened and watch lists of Texas plants. Publ. No. 9. Texas Organization for Endangered Species, Austin.

Tull, D. 1987. A practical guide to edible and useful plants. Texas Monthly Press, Austin.

Tull, D. and G. O. Miller. 1991. A field guide to wildflowers, trees and shurbs of Texas. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, TX.

Tyrl, R.J., S.C. Barber, P. Buck, J.R. Estes, P. Folley, L.K. Magrath, C.E.S. Taylor, and R.A. Thompson (Oklahoma Flora Editorial Committee). 1994 (revised 1 Sep 1997). Key and descriptions for the vascular plant families of Oklahoma. Flora Oklahoma Incorporated, Noble, OK.

Wasowski, S. and J. Ryan. 1985. Landscaping with native Texas plants. Texas Monthly Press, Austin.

Wasowski, S. and A. Wasowski. 1988. Native Texas plants: Landscaping region by region. Texas Monthly Press, Austin.

_____ and _____. 1997. Native Texas gardens. Gulf Publishing Co., Houston, TX.

Watson, G. 1975. Big Thicket plant ecology. Big Thicket Museum, Saratoga, TX.

Wauer, R. H. 1973. Naturalist's Big Bend. Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station.

Wauer, R.H. and D. Rskind. 1974. Transactions of the symposium on the biological resources of the Chihuahuan Desert region U.S. and Mexico. Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Alpine, TX.

Supportive

Bomar, G.W. 1983. Texas weather. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Carter, W.T. 1931. The soils of Texas. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 431.

Fraps, G.S. and J. F. Fudge. 1937. Chemical composition of soils of Texas. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. No. 549.

Godfrey, C.L., G.S. McKee and H. Oakes. 1973. General soil map of Texas. Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Misc. Publ. No. 1034.

Jordan, T.G., J.L. Bean, Jr. and W.M. Holmes 1984. Texas: A geography. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.

Norwine, J., J.R. Giardino, G.R. North, J.B. Valdés, eds. 1995. The changing climate of Texas: Predictability and implications for the future. GeoBooks, Texas A&M Univ., College Station.

Renfro, H.B., D.E. Feray, and P.B. King. 1973. Geological highway map of Texas. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, OK.

Sellards, E.H., W.S. Adkins and F.B. Plummer. 1932. The geology of Texas, Vol. I, Stratigraphy. Univ. of Texas Press, Austin.

Sheldon, R.A. 1979. Roadside geology of Texas. Mountain Press, Missoula, MT.

Spearing, D. 1991. Roadside geology of Texas. Mountain Press, Missourla, MT.

Stephens, A.R. and W.M. Holmes. 1989. Historical atlas of Texas. Univ. of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

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