Our members have offered to serve as resources to the community for the following topic areas. Below are a number of resources for various Texas Master Naturalist and ecologically related topics.
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Resource Categories:
Chapter Handouts
- Chapter Brochure – 10/1/2018 PDF
Hands-On Activities & Family Resources
- Introduction to Birds for Preschoolers
- How To Build A Grass Nest
- by Sarah Laughlin
- How To Make A Hummingbird Nest
- by Sarah Laughlin
- Making Paper Boxes For Nature’s Treasures
- by Joyce Conner
Citizen Science
- Observing Nature – 11/8/2011
- by Larry and Fey Hysmith
- Texas Winter Bats Public Data Sheet
- Submit bat sightings to Melissa.Meierhofer@ag.tamu.edu
Organizations & Chapter Sponsors
Ecosystems: Concepts & Management
Climate & Weather
- Weather and Climate (2 parts) – 6/9/2016
- by Steven Quiring
Geology & Soils
Archaeology
Water Resources
Plants
- Fall 2018 Pollinator Plant Sale Growing Chart
- Information about care and growing conditions for the plants sold
- Milkweed Sprout Harvesting Method 2014
- by Barbara Keller-Willy from Monarch Gateway
- Identification of Milkweed in Texas
- by Jason Singhurst and Ben Hutchins from TPWD and Walter C. Holmes with Baylor University.
- Key to the Angiosperm Flora of Brazos and Surrounding Counties
- by Monique Reed.
- This book is available from Copy Corner on Texas Avenue in College Station. Talk to Vicki Ward. She can sell anyone a copy.
- Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the Southeastern United States
- by Godfrey and Wooten.
- Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southwestern United States
- by Correll and Correll.
- These are somewhat out of date but they will still help with aquatic plants.
- Illustrated Flora of East Texas Online
- Published by the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
- Includes a history of the flora of East Texas, descriptions of the different vegetation assemblies, and complete keys to ferns, gymnosperms, and monocots. It covers a very large expanse of East Texas. Extensive introductory materials, color photographs, appendices, glossary, literature cited, and an index can be accessed – a total of over 1,500 pages.
- Flora of the Great Plains
- by the Great Plains Flora Association and edited by Ted Barkley
- Quite a few Great Plains plants are found in Texas, so this is very useful, especially along the upper reaches of the Brazos.
- Grasses of Texas
- by Frank W. Gould
- Flora of the Texas Coastal Bend
- by Fred B. Jones
- Old but rather good for the coastal end of the Brazos
- Resource Handout from Making the World a Better Place – One Yard at a Time
- List of resources that go with Cheryl Lewis’ presentation
- Wildlife Plants Blackland Prairie
- Plants for the Post Oak Savannah
- The 12 Worst Invasive Plants in Post Oak Savannah
- Native Plants – 9/27/2011
- by Flo Oxley
- Botanically speaking
- The nature of naming
- Trees of Texas
- by Flo Oxley
- Monique’s Quick and Dirty Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Lick Creek Park Cheat-Sheet – 10/22/2011
- by Monique Reed
- A List of Ten Grasses Found in Brazos County, TX – 10/13/2012
- by Barron Rector
Animals
Birds
- Twenty Common Backyard Birds of Brazos County and supplemental handouts – 10/11, 15/2011
- by Bruce Neville
Insects & Spiders
- Spider Biology and Identification by Alejandro A. Calixto – 11/1/2011
- Ten Common Butterflies of Brazos County
- by Bruce Neville
- Ten Common Dragonflies and Damselflies of Brazos County – 10/15/2011
- by Bruce Neville
- Ten Common Insect Orders – 10/25/2011
- by Bart Drees
- Tiger Beetle Dichotomous Key and “What I Did in Rockwell” presentation slides – 7/16/2020
- by Bruce Neville
Fish
- Ten Common Fish Species in Brazos County – 10/8/2011
- by Dwight Bohlmeyer
Mammals
Reptiles & Amphibians
Mollusks
- Ten Mollusks of the Brazos Valley Area – 11/1/2011
- by Bruce Neville
- Texas Mollusks
- Malacology 101 presentation slides
- by Bruce Neville
- Brief Glossary and bibliography of Mollusks
- YouTube Videos:
- Cone Snail Eating a Clown Fish
- Shapeshifting Octopus
- Snail Radula (also watch how the foot is used in movement)