Texas Butterfly Gardening

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

• South Butterfly Plants for the Lower Rio Grande Valley (short) - Mike Quinn
            Caterpillar Food Plants for the Lower Rio Grande Valley (long) - Mike Quinn
  
  

• East  Gardening for Butterflies - BEST-NABA
  
  

• West Midland County (West Texas) - JoAnn Merritt et al. (PDF) 
  
  

• Central Caterpillar Food Plants for Central Texas (long) - Mike Quinn  
               Nectar (and a few Host) Plants for CenTex (short)  - Mike Quinn
  
  

• Coastal Central Gulf Coast - Ro Wauer & Derek Muschalek
  

Bee / Pollinator Gardening

• Central Texas Bee-Friendly Plants by Season - Aggie Horticulture
• Pollinator Plants for Texas Conservation Practices - USDA/NRCS
• Pollinator Plants for Southern Plains Region - The Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Program
  
• Seasonal Bee Gardening - Dr. Gordon Frankie, UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab

Taxonomy

• USDA Plants Database - USDA
• 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 Plant Information Network (NPIN) - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
• Texas Native Shrubs - Common Name Index - Scientific Name Index - Thumbnails by Scientific Name

Databases

Texas

• Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center - UT, Austin
  

USA

• North American Plant Atlas - BONAP
  
• USDA Plants Database - USDA
• Native Plant Database - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - UT, Austin

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

• HOW-TOs - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - UT, Austin

Societies

• Native Plant Society of Texas
  • Local Chapters - Map of Chapters
• Texas Master Gardeners - Chapter Websites - Texas AgriLife Extension
• Texas Master Naturalists - Chapter Websites - TPWD & Texas AgriLife Extension
  

Get Certified!

• Backyard Wildlife Habitat - National Wildlife Federation
  
• Monarch Waystation Program - Monarch Watch 
• Texas Wildscapes - Texas Parks and Wildlife
  
• Butterfly Gardening Certification - North American Butterfly Association
  

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

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

29 Feb. 2021 © Mike Quinn / entomike@gmail.com / Texas Entomology