These are a few of our favorite books. If you have one you use, and it’s not listed, please use the “Contact Us” form to let us know about it!
Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Texas by B.L. Turner, H. Nichols, G. Denny, and O. Doron. 2003. Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
A Beginner’s Handbook for Rural Texas Landowners, How to Live in the Country Without Spoiling It by Jim Stanley
A Field Guide to Texas Trees by B. Simpson. 1999. Taylor Trade Publishing.
Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy. 2009. Timber Press
Butterfly Gardening for Texas by Geyata Ajilvsgi. 2013. Texas A&M University Press.
Common Texas Grasses by Frank W. Gould. 1978. Texas A&M University Press
Field Guide to Common Texas Grasses by Stephen L. Hatch, Kelly C. Umphres & A. Jenet Ardoin. 2015. Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Series
Grasses of Southern Oklahoma and North Texas: a Pictorial Guide by Russell Stevens & Chuck Coffey with the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. www.noble.org, 580-223-5810
Guide to Texas Grasses by R. Shaw. 2012. Texas A&M University Press.
How to Grow Native Plants of Texas & the Southwest by Jill Nokes, University of Texas Press
Identification of Milkweeds in Texas, Jason Singhurst, Ben Hutchins, & Walter C. Holmes. Texas Parks & Wildlife and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 2015
Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest (Natural World) by G. Miller 1991. Voyageur Press.
Landscaping with Native Texas Plants by Sally Wasowski and Julie Ryan, 1985.Texas Monthly Press.
Native and Adapted Landscape Plants: an Earthwise Guide for Central Texas. 2009. 4th edition. Texas AgriLife Extension, City of Austin. Guide is online at http://www.austintexas.gov/watershed_protection/publications/document.cfm?id=198301
Native Texas Gardens: Maximum Beauty Minimum Upkeep by S & A Wasowski. 2003. Taylor Trade Publishing.
Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies, A Field Guide by Jim Weber, Lynne Weber and Roland H Wauer. 2018. Texas A&M University Press.
Native Host Plants for Texas Moths, A Field Guide by Jim Weber & Lynne Weber. 2022. Texas A&M University Press
Native Texas Plants: Landscaping Region by Region by S & A Wasowski. 2003. Taylor Trade Publishing, 2nd edition
The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of our Most Essential Native Trees by Doug Tallamy. 2021. Timber Press
Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard by Doug Tallamy. 2020. The Timber Press, Inc.
Nature’s Best Hope (Young Readers’ Edition): A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard by Doug Tallamy. 2023. The Timber Press, Inc.
North Central Texas Wildflowers, Field Guide by Mary Curry (with guidance from Shirley Lusk), 2015, available from Amazon
Range Plants of North Central Texas, a Land User’s Guide to Their Identification, Value and Management by Ricky J. Linex 2014; USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Weatherford, TX.
Remarkable Plants of Texas, Uncommon Accounts of our Common Natives by Matt Warnock Turner. 2009. University of Texas Press
Shinner’s & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas by G.M. Diggs, B.L. Lipscomb & R.J. O’Kennon. 1999. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1st ed. Online at http://artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/bio/gdiggs/NCTXpdf.htm
Texas Trees: A Friendly Guide by P. Leslie & P.W. Cox. 1988. Corona Pub Co; New edition.
Texas Wildscapes: Gardening for Wildlife by K. C. Bender 2009. Texas A&M Nature Guides
Trees, Shrubs and Vines of the Texas Hill Country by J. Wrede. 2010. Texas A&M University Press; Revised edition.
Trees, Shrubs and Woody Vines: a Pictorial Guide by Russell Stevens & Chuck Coffey with the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, www.noble.org, 580-223-5810
Wanted! Mountain Cedars, Dead or Alive by Elizabeth McGreevy. 2021. Spicewood Publications
Wild Edible Plants of Texas by Charles Kane. 2016 & 2017. Lincoln Town Press
Wildflowers of Texas by G. Ajilvsgi. 2003. Shearer Publishing, Revised edition.
Wildflowers of Texas by Michael Eason. 2018. Timber Press Field Guide.
Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country by M. Enquist. 1989. Lone Star Botanical, 1st ed.
Your Remarkable Riparian, Owner’s Manual by Steve Nelle & Nueces River Authority. 2010. Nueces River Authority