npsot_bluebonnet_full_color

Chapter Meeting – Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Bees, Butterflies & Birds to support & attract winged wildlife

It's a great introduction to habitat gardening; will start folks off with info & ideas for their 2024 gardens. Presented by Kathleen Scott at the New Braunfels Public Library meeting room. These are handouts for the meeting: Wildlife Habitat Basics Why Native Plants Eco-Friendly Gardening Practices CMG 2023 Programs Wildlife Plant List Bee Facts Social 5:45 pm, […]

Dear NLCP Committee Members,  This Monday begins our first meeting of 2024. We will meet at 7:00pm on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month on this Zoom link:  https://npsot-org.zoom.us/j/87628189964?pwd=NUdBV3ZTSzFVMjJjTnpycjlQTGRJQT09.  We're a small committee, and we don't get to see each other in person very often, so please plan to join with your camera on.  See […]

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture 1370 Churchill Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, United States

Please join us at the Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture to help maintain the Lindheimer Chapter's native demonstration garden. Please bring water, closed toe shoes, gloves, and your favorite gardening tools. Contact Craig Bruska at craigbruska@hotmail.com for details and to confirm the workday.

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country 4831 FM2673, Canyon Lake, Texas, United States

Please join us at the Heritage Museum to help maintain the Lindheimer Chapter's Demonstration Garden. Please bring water, closed toe shoes, gloves, and your favorite gardening tools. Contact Mickey Riviere at mr0752@gvtc.com or Peggy Haley at phaley@gt.rr.com to confirm the workday.

Tiana Franklin Rehman, Director of BRIT Herbarium, North Central Chapter Meeting

The History, Art, and Science of Herbaria At the heart of botanical science you can find a herbarium: a scientific collection of preserved plants that documents knowledge about plant life on Earth. In this lecture, you should expect to better understand how botanical specimens are collected from around the world, how they are preserved (since […]

Q1 State Board Meeting

Online State Board Zoom MeetingSaturday, February 3, 20239 am - 1 pm (come as early as 8:30 am) Every Society member is welcome. Voting members include chapter presidents (or their voting representatives), state-level executive officers and state standing committee chairs. Agenda items -may be submitted to chapter presidents, state level executive officers, committee chairs, the Executive Director, […]

Texas Native Plant Art Exhibition Has Moved to UNT

We want everyone to know that the Texas Native Plant Art Exhibition is now at the UNT Elm Fork Education Center for the month of February. The Elm Fork Education Center […]

Chapter Meeting Tuesday, Feb 6 at 6:00 pm

Feb 6 - Chapter Meeting at Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium - 6:00pm - Social Time; 6:45pm - Chapter Announcements, followed by the speaker Speaker: Our scheduled speaker, John Benedict, was recently taken ill with a respiratory infection and subsequently cancelled his presentation. Mr. Chuck Janzow has generously agreed to provide his own talk to the chapter. His […]

Collin County Chapter – February Meeting

Our presentation will be on "The Blackland Prairie Across Time" by George Diggs, an evolutionary biologist and botany professor at Austin College in Sherman. The Blackland Prairie, one of the […]

TPWD Pineywoods and Wildlife Landowner Workshop

Join Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at this informational seminar. Topics & Information: Lunch and snacks are included with registration. Workshop to be held 9:00 am - 3:30 pm at Log Cabin Civic Center, 611 W Columbia St., San Augustine, TX 75972

$20

Pines and Prairies NLCP Committee Meeting

Dear NLCP Committee Members,  This Monday begins our first meeting of 2024. We will meet at 7:00pm on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month on this Zoom link:  https://npsot-org.zoom.us/j/87628189964?pwd=NUdBV3ZTSzFVMjJjTnpycjlQTGRJQT09.  We're a small committee, and we don't get to see each other in person very often, so please plan to join with your camera on.  See […]

Chapter Meeting – Kerrville Water Update

Kerrville Water Update by Travis Linscomb and Matt Wilkinson.Upper Guadalupe River Authority (UGRA) updates on the drought, water conservation, terracing and other timely information about the current water situation. We meet at Riverside Nature Center, 150 Franciso Lemos St., Kerrville, Texas.

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture 1370 Churchill Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, United States

Please join us at the Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture to help maintain the Lindheimer Chapter's native demonstration garden. Please bring water, closed toe shoes, gloves, and your favorite gardening […]

Executive Committee Meeting

Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) Executive Committee meetings occur monthly and any member may attend. Contact the Executive Director prior to the meeting at state@npsot.org for Zoom and applicable document links. […]

Chapter Leader Forum – Removing and Replacing my Conventional Lawn

Topic: Removing and Replacing my Conventional Lawn Description:Join Bob Dailey, upcoming President of the Pines and Prairies chapter, as he gives a short presentation about his home lawn replacement project. It will include an overview of the removal of St Augustine and replacement with annuals, perennials, and woody plants. He will share how his neighbors […]

Pines and Prairies Chapter Meeting

Date and Time: February 15, 2024, from 7-8pDelivery: In-person (SHSU - The Woodlands at 3380 College Park Drive, Room 230) and via Zoom with advance registration requiredPresenter: Chapter member Patti ThompsonTopic: Native Plants and Your Homeowners AssociationBusiness Meeting: Vote on the three open board positions - Bob Dailey, President; Helen Capozzelli, Secretary; Jay Gowen, Director […]

Seed Cleaning Class

Friday, February 16 — Clear Lake Chapter — Seed Cleaning class by Rowena McDermid at EIH.

Receive the latest native plant news

Subscribe To Our News

Subscribe to emails from the Native Plant Society of Texas.

Receive emails when new posts are added 4-6 times per month, or receive an email once a month.

Or join us on social media

About the Region

New Braunfels, the location of our Fall 2024 Symposium, straddles both the Edwards Plateau Ecoregion and the Blackland Prairie ecoregion. Interstate 35 divides the city of New Braunfels; its path through the city closely parallels the boundary of these two ecoregions, with the Edwards Plateau on the west side and the Blackland Prairies region to the east. The Edwards Plateau area is also called the Hill Country; however, this general term covers a much larger area extending farther north. Spring-fed creeks are found throughout the region; deep limestone canyons, rivers, and lakes (reservoirs) are common. Ashe juniper is perhaps the most common woody species found throughout the region. Additional woody species include various species of oak, with live oak (Quercus fusiformis) being the most common. Sycamores (Platanus occidentalis) and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) border waterways. This area is well known for its spring wildflower displays, though they may be viewed in spring, late summer, and fall, as well. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, average annual rainfall in the Edwards Plateau ranges from 15 to 34 inches.

The Blackland Prairie extends from the Red River south to San Antonio, bordered on the west by the Edwards Plateau and the Cross Timbers, and on the east by the Post Oak Savannah. Annual rainfall averages 30 to 40 inches, with higher averages to the east. This region is dominated by prairie species. The most common grass species include little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and Indian grass (Sorghastrum nutans) in the uplands and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) in the riparian areas and drainages. Common herbaceous flowering plants include salvias, penstemons, and silphiums. This area has suffered greatly from overgrazing and agricultural use. Few intact areas remain, though many of the plants can be found along county roadsides throughout the region.

Our four host chapters (New Braunfels, Lindheimer, Guadalupe, and the Hill Country chapters) are located in one or both of the ecoregions above. However, the eastern portion of Guadalupe County also falls within the Post Oak Savanna ecoregion. Annual rainfall averages 35 to 45 inches, with higher averages to the east. A wide variety of hardwood trees are found, including several species of oaks, elms, and in the Bastrop area, loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Grasses and forbs dominate in the open savannas, with most common grass being little bluestem. Ranching, agriculture, and fire suppression have allowed woody species to encroach on the once-open savannas.

Source: Wildflowers of Texas by Michael Eason