Butterfly Gardening

• North North Central Texas - Joann Karges (PDF)
             Dallas County Butterfly Gardening - Dale Clark
  
  

• South Butterfly Plants for the Lower Rio Grande Valley - Mike Quinn - Abbreviated List 
            Caterpillar Food Plants for the Lower Rio Grande Valley - Mike Quinn - Extended List 
  
  

• East  Butterfly Gardening - Cockrell Butterfly Center 
            Gardening for Butterflies - BEST-NABA
  
  

• West Midland County (West Texas) - Joan Merritt (PDF) 
  
  

• Central Caterpillar Food Plants for Central Texas - Mike Quinn  
               Nectar Sources and Butterfly Attractants - Mike Quinn
  
  

• Coastal Central Gulf Coast - Ro Wauer & Derek Muschalek
  

Taxonomy

• Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas - TAMU
  
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
• International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
• W³TROPICOS - a taxonomic database for tropical plants (Missouri Botanical Garden)

Native Plant Identification

• Native Plants of South Texas - TAMU
• Texas Native Shrubs - Common Name Index - Scientific Name Index - Thumbnails by Scientific Name
• Vascular Plant Image Gallery - Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group

Databases

Texas

• Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas - TAMU

• Digital Flora Of Texas Herbarium Specimen Browser - TAMU
• Native Plant Database - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - UT, Austin
• Native Plants of South Texas - TAMU
• Texas Native Shrubs - Benny Simpson
• Texas Plant Information Database - TPWD
• Vascular Plant Image Gallery - Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group

USA

• NatureServe Explorer
• USDA Plants Database - USDA

International

• Caterpillar Hostplant Database - The Natural History Museum, London
• Caterpillar Food Plants of Guanacaste, Costa Rica - Janzen and Hallwachs
• International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
• W³TROPICOS - Missouri Botanical Garden - Includes mapping option
• All Databases - Missouri Botanical Garden

Caterpillar

• Caterpillar Hostplant Database - The Natural History Museum, London
• Caterpillars, Pupae, Butterflies & Moths of Guanacaste, Costa Rica - dynamic event-based database for northwestern Costa Rica

Propagation

• Propagation Datasheets - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - UT, Austin

Societies

• Native Plant Society of Texas
  • Local Chapters

Get Certified!

• Backyard Wildlife Habitat - National Wildlife Federation 
• Certified Butterfly Habitat - Texas Discovery Gardens 
• Monarch Waystation Program - Monarch Watch 
• Texas Wildscapes - Texas Parks and Wildlife 
• Best of Texas Backyard Habitat - Texas Parks and Wildlife 

Weed Laws

• Noxious Plant List - Texas Administrative Code, Texas Department of Agriculture, 
          Chapter 19 Quarantines and Noxious Plants, Subchapter T Noxious Plants - Official Texas list of illegal plants
• Green Landscaping with Native Plants: Weed Laws - EPA
• A Sourcebook on Natural Landscaping for Public Officials - EPA
• Defending Your Landscape Against Bad Weed Laws - Jason and Lisa Spangler
• How to Naturally Landscape Without Aggravating Neighbors And Village Officials - Bret Rappaport, Attorney & Wild Ones President 
• U.S. Lawn Care Facts - EPA 
• Your Yard and Clean Air - EPA

Deer Resistant Plants

Bibliography

• Butterfly Gardening Books for Texas  

• Native Plant Identification

• Native Plant Bibliography - Searchable Database - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center 

• Southwest Native Plant Bibliography (PDF)- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center 

27 Mar 2008 © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.us / Texas Entomology