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Plant Identification by Family Association and Use of Written and Online Botanical Keys

Presentation Details

In this 2 hour presentation, participants will gain an understanding of how Texas Plants have been collected and identified through the past 200 years. Plants will first be identified by use of Family Associations, followed by written and online botanical keys. Participants will learn how to quickly key out plants using traditional written botanical keys as well as online keys, arriving at the proper identification. Session will be indoors, copies of the keys needed will be provided, as well as handouts of Family Associations and a list of useful plant ID books. Never again will you fear the challenge of keying out a plant.

Equipment Required:
Projector, Screen, Computer, Microphone
Additional Requirements:
None
Ecoregions Covered:
Central Great Plains, Chihuahuan Deserts, Cross Timbers, East Central Texas Plains, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, High Plains, Southern Texas Plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Texas Blackland Prairies, Western Gulf Coastal Plain

Presenter Information

  • Ricky Linex

    Ricky Linex retired in 2021 as a wildlife biologist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service and now works as a range and wildlife consultant.

    With NRCS, Linex worked 52 counties in north central Texas covering the Rolling Plains, Cross Timbers, Blackland Prairie, and Post Oak Savannah vegetational regions. He worked 38.5 years with NRCS in Goldthwaite, Snyder, Abilene, and Weatherford.

    He is the author of Range Plants of North Central Texas, A Land Users Guide to Their Identification, Value and Management, a plant identification book for Texas. Range Plants was recognized in 2015 as an outstanding publication by the Texas Chapter - The Wildlife Society, the Native Plant Society of Texas, and the Texas Section - Society for Range Management.

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