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Native Plant Society of Texas

Big Bend Chapter

Spring Plant Sale 2022: Final List of Plants

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SPRING PLANT SALE 2022 – Native Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Flowering plants

Date/Time: April 30, 2022; 9am – 1pm
Location: Forever West Texas Realty, 308 W Ave E, corner of 8th St. and Ave. E in Alpine

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The Big Bend Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas is back with a great Native Plant Sale on Saturday, April 30 from 9-1. You’ll find native plants you know, and many you’ve never met before. You’ll find trees, flowering plants, and succulents and maybe even a few surprises. Whether you’re a long time native gardener or a beginner, you garden will be better with native plants – and the birds and bees and every pollinator will find you and be thankful. Garden with nature – Grow Native!

We do our best to have all the plants listed on the availability, but life offers few guarantees and this is true of plant sales as well as other things. Sooo hopefully everything you want is available and you will leave happy. If your special plant isn’t here, there will be others you will love – try them, you might be surprised with a new favorite plant.

List of Plants: https://www.npsot.org/wp/bigbend/files/2022/04/Plant-List-final-for-NPSOT-Big-Bend-Plant-Sale_April_2022.pdf

Dallas Baxter, Plant Sales Coordinator

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About the Region

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This low-elevations region of Texas extends inland from the barrier islands, about 60 or so miles, and stretches from Brownsville to Louisiana. In total, it covers about 9.5 million acres, with a high point of 150 feet in elevation. More than 1000 species of plants can be found in this region. On the southern end, species more common in Mexico (such as Sabal mexicana) and Central America occur.

The barrier islands provide us with dune systems, and clay flats to the inland side, which have species found in these areas alone. Many plants here, such as Ipomoea pes-caprae (beach morning glory), can be found throughout tropical regions of the globe. I’ve encountered the same species on the beaches of Guam.

Once inland, vast marshes and wet prairies occur. Occasionally, oak (Quercus fusiformis) groves can be found. Common grasses include species of Bothriochloa, Paspalum, and Sporobolus; eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides); and switchgrass (Panicum species). Many rivers and creeks cut through the Gulf Prairies, and along these riparian areas various species of trees, Sabal minor, and other plants adapted to clay soils can be found. Due to overgrazing, farming, and fire suppression, woody species such as mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and huisache (Acacia farnesiana), and invasive species such as chinaberry (Melia azedarach), Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius), and Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) have increased and displaced our native flora.

Source: Wildflowers of Texas by Michael Eason