These are some of the favorite books of our Texas Master Naturalist chapter. We have listed some guide books that cover a broad area of the United States down to our area of Texas. And also science and history books that relate to our chapter area.
Guide Books
- Butterflies of Houston & Southeast Texas by John & Gloria Tveten
- National Wildlife Federation®: Attracting Birds, Butterflies, and Other Backyard Wildlife, Expanded Second Edition by David Mizejewski
- Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies: a Field Guide by Jim Weber, Lynne Weber, and Roland H. Wauer
- Native Host Plants for Texas Moths: a Field Guide by Jim Weber and Lynne Weber
- Native Texas Plants: Landscaping Region by Region by Sally Wasowski and Andy Wasowski
- Peterson Field Guides: Reptiles and Amphibians – Eastern/Central North America by Roger Conant and Joseph T. Collins
- Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary by James G. Harris and Melinda Woolf Harris
- Wild Edible Plants of Texas: A Pocket Guide to the Identification, Collection, Preparation, & Use of 60 Wild Plants of the Lone Star State by Charles W. Kane (This includes non-natives)
Science, Nature, and History Books
- Adventures of a Frontier Naturalist: The Life and Times of Dr. Gideon Lincecum Edited by Jerry Bryan Lincecum, Edward Hale Phillips, & Peggy Redshaw
- Goodbye to a River by John Graves
- Sand County Almanac by by Aldo Leopold