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No Mercy for the Musk Thistle Either
By Delmar Cain Some of our citizens have a way of motivating others. Jan Wrede, naturalist, author, and former research director at the Cibolo Nature Center, does it as well as anyone. Her well founded concern about Malta starthistle has created an educational buzz in the community, inspiring many to
Third quarter board meeting to be in Tyler
**ARCHIVED POST ** The third quarter State Board Meeting will be Saturday, July 21, 10:00 am – 3:30 pm at TPWD Nature Center in Tyler.
Desert Willow—A Cool Plant For A Hot Spot
By Delmar Cain Desert willow. Isn’t that a wonderful name for a tree in the Southwest? It evokes a cool and refreshing spot to find relief from the sun in a hot dry climate. But it was more than just a cool name that induced the Boerne Chapter of NPSOT
Bexar Roots May 2012
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Board proposes changes to Bylaws
**ARCHIVED POST ** The State Board recommended one amendment to the Bylaws at the April quarterly meeting and signaled that additional changes to the Bylaws and to the Standing Rules were likely to be presented at the upcoming July meeting. All changes to the Bylaws must be approved by the
Malta Starthistle—A Really Bad Actor
By Delmar Cain Growing up in East Texas I hated sandburs. You have probably seen the kind that I am referring to. Since it is a grass (Cenchrus echinatus), it hides in a yard until it matures in the late spring or early summer. Then it extends a long stem
April 2012
NICE! Plant of the Month Mexican Buckeye (Ungnadia speciosa) Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry Family) Other Common Names: Buckeye, false buckeye, monillo Type: Rapid growing spring flowering tree (small specimen), thicket or tall shrub Natural Habitat: From the Edwards Plateau west to the trans-Pecos and into southern New Mexico and northern Mexico
Invading mustard threatens wildflowers
It is happening all over Texas — native wildflowers are being driven out under the onslaught of this one aggressive plant.
Mexican Buckeye—A Good Suggestion For the Plant Sale
By Delmar Cain My, my what a wonderful spring so far. I don’t know how much our long-term drought condition has been helped, but the rain, coming as it has in small but frequent amounts, has removed drought as a daily conversation topic. And the wildflowers are beginning to bloom
Romancing the land
Learning about the plant and animal communities that reside or are native to our land wasn’t something we had planned to do.
Bexar Roots April 2012
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Our friends are back, but for how long
By Delmar Cain I have reports that “they” are back. I told my friend Kip Kiphart that I thought that I had seen one last week in Boerne and another at my house a few days later. But the ones that I saw were some distance away and neither slowed
