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Volunteer Highlights: Spring Sales and Workdays were a Hit

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Our volunteers have been hard at work this spring. Here are just a few highlights! Lindheimer Chapter members were very busy: they planted native plants at the Heritage Museum of Texas Hill Country, and they held a wonderful plant sale, too. Tonkawa Chapter volunteers hosted an extremely successful sale. In fact, they sold out except for a handful of plants. Highland Lakes Chapter had not one, not two, but three booths at the Burnet County Lawn and Garden Show. And Clear Lake Chapter attracted long lines of shoppers eager to load their carts and boxes with native plants. Keep up the good work!

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What is your chapter up to these days? If you would like to share pictures from your chapter’s events and workdays, please email Stephanie Long, VP Communication.

  • Group of four adults in standing outside with gardening tools.
    Lindheimer Chapter members Mickey Reverie, Pam Henderson, Peggy Haley, and Ellen Anderson, plant native plants at Heritage Museum of Texas Hill Country, April 5, 2022. Photo taken by Debbie Kyrouac.
  • A group of children and adults surround a table filled with potted plants.
    Volunteer explains native plants to young and old alike at the Tonkawa Chapter spring plant sale, April 16, 2022. Photo taken by Alison Frank.
  • Two women place potted plants onto folding table.
    Volunteers set up tables filled with native plants at the Tonkawa Chapter spring plant sale, April 16, 2022. Photo taken by Alison Frank.
  • Woman in t-shirt with native plants that reads Tonkawa Chapter Native Plant Society of Texas
    Tonkawa Chapter member poses in chapter t-shirt at the chapter’s spring plant sale, April 16, 2022. Photo taken by Alison Frank.
  • Man in orange shirt selecting a flat of native plants.
    Shoppers pick out plants at the Tonkawa Chapter spring sale, April 16, 2022. Photo taken by Alison Frank.
  • Woman moves a potted tree.
    Plants, plants, and more plants at Tonkawa Chapter spring plant sale, April 16, 2022. Photo taken by Alison Frank.
  • Group of 4 people stand below Highland Lakes banner, surrounded by potted plants.
    Highland Lakes Chapter members at the Burnet County Lawn and Garden Show sponsored by the Highland Lakes Master Gardeners. The chapter had three booths selling native plants. Front is Sharon McBride and Pat Campbell, back is Rick Booth and Fred Zagst. Photo by Diane Brummell, March 26, 2022.
  • Three women stand in front of cart filled with native plants.
    Lindheimer Chapter members Debbie Kyrouac, Peggy Haley, and JoAnna Hall, buying plants at NICE partner, South Texas Growers. Mrs. Hall is owner. Photo taken by employee, March 30, 2022.
  • Woman pats dirt around plant in a flower bed.
    Ellen Anderson planting natives at Heritage Museum of Texas Hill Country, April 4, 2022. Photo taken by Peggy Haley.
  • Two women at an information table. Sign reads "JOIN HERE NPSOT."
    Volunteers greet shoppers with smiles at the Clear Lake Chapter plant sale, March 26, 2022. Photo by Dick Schaffhausen.
  • Woman holding box with plants in it. She's smiling at someone out of frame.
    Visitors showed up ready to score! This shopper filled up a big box at the Clear Lake Chapter plant sale, March 26, 2022. Photo by Dick Schaffhausen.
  • Man makes a thoughtful face while he selects a plant from a table filled end to end with potted plants.
    There were so many plants to choose from! This shopper thoughtfully decides what to buy at the Clear Lake Chapter plant sale, March 26, 2022. Photo by Dick Schaffhausen.
  • Shopper in mask selects a four inch pot from a table filled with plants. A long line forms behind her.
    People lined up for a shot at the best selection at the Clear Lake Chapter plant sale, March 26, 2022. Photo by Dick Schaffhausen.
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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