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Native Plant Society of Texas

Prairie Rose Chapter

Riparian Landscape Workshop: Register Soon!

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Riparian Waterway

Seats are filling up fast! Register now for an amazing opportunity to learn how to protect one of our most precious local resources, the Brazos River. Participants at this Riparian Landscape Workshop will learn about the basic interaction of Hydrology-Erosion/ Deposition and Vegetation for Texas creeks and rivers. Among topics to be covered are channels, floodplains, water table, vegetation, base flow, flood flow, sediment and how these things combine to form the Riparian Area. This valuable information is provided by the National Resource Conservation Service or NRCS, a division of the USDA.

The workshop will be held on Friday, November 9, 8AM-4PM at Glen Lake Camp and Retreat Center. Lunches are provided with the cost of admission. The Retreat Center is requesting lunch reservations be made by October 9 so please register now with this link:

https://goo.gl/forms/lL47NGEjMzsEElem2

Payment can be made before 10/9  for $10 or at the door for $15.

Lunch is included if registration is made by October 9. Late registrants can bring a sack lunch.

Early payments can be made on-line at the Prairie Rose Chapter website https://www.npsot.org/wp/prairierose/ by clicking the “Buy Now” payment button located on the Homepage far right lower corner. Alternatively, payment can be made with a check to “PRC Riparian Workshop” and mailed to PO Box 272, Rainbow, TX 76077.

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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