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  • Attracting Native Pollinators: The Xerces Society Guide, Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies
    • Author: The Xerces Society
    • Publication Year: 2011
    • Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
  • Butterfly Gardening for Texas
    • Author: Geyata Ajilvsgi
    • Publication Year: 2013
    • Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
  • Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
    • Author: Doug Tallamy
    • Publication Year: 2009
    • Publisher: Timber Press
  • Gardening With Prairie Plants: How To Create Beautiful Native Landscapes
    • Author: Sally Wasowski
    • Publication Year: 2001
    • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
  • Native Host Plants for Texas Butterflies
    • Authors: Jim Weber, Lynne M. Weber, Roland H. Wauer
    • Publication Year: 2018
    • Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
  • Native Texas Plants: Landscaping Region by Region
    • Authors: Sally Wasowski, Andy Wasowski
    • Publication Year: 2003
    • Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
  • A Garden Book for Houston and the Texas Gulf Coast
    • Author: Lynn M. Herbert
    • Publication Year: 2013
    • Publisher: River Oaks Garden Club
  • Rare Plants of Texas
    • Authors: Jackie M. Poole,‎ William R. Carr,‎ Dana M. Price,‎ Jason R. Singhurst
    • Publication Year: 2008
    • Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
  • Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education
    • Author: Michael Pollan
    • Publication Year: 2003
    • Publisher: Grove Press
  • The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
    • Author: Elizabeth Kolbert
    • Publication Year: 2014
    • Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
  • A Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America
    • Author: Jeffrey Glassberg
    • Publication Year: 2017
    • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Texas Wildscapes: Gardening for Wildlife
    • Author: Kelly Conrad Bender
    • Publication Year: 2009
    • Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
  • Texas Wildflowers
    • Authors: Campbell Loughmiller, Lynn Loughmiller, Damon Waitt (editor)
    • Publication Year: 2006
    • Publisher: University of Texas Press
  • Wildflowers of Texas
    • Author: Geyata Ajilvsgi
    • Publication Year: 2003
    • Publisher: Shearer Publishing
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Houston Wilderness
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Monarch Joint Venture
Butterflies and Moths of America
Texas Breeding Birds Atlas
  • Coastal Prairie Plant Growers Handbook
    • Authors: Jaime González, Larry Allain, Tom Solomon, with Flo Hanna
    • Publication Year: 2010
    • Publisher: Coastal Prairie Partnership
  • Identification of Milkweeds in Texas
    • Authors: Jason Singhurst, Ben Hutchins, Walter C. Holmes
    • Publication Year: 2015
    • Publisher: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  • An Introduction to Texas Turtles
    • Author: Mark Klym
    • Publisher: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  • Field Guide to Native Oak Species of Eastern North America
    • Authors: John Stein, Denise Binion, Robert Acciavatti
    • Publication Year: 2017
    • Publisher: USDA Forest Service
  • Field Guide for Plant Identification
    • Publication Year: 2013
    • Publisher: Harris County Flood Control District
  • Management Recommendations for Native Insect Pollinators in Texas
    • Authors: Michael Warriner, Ben Hutchins
    • Publication Year: 2016
    • Publisher: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
  • Milkweeds, A Conservation Practitioners Guide
    • Authors: Brianna Borders, Eric Lee-Mader
    • Publication Year: 2014
    • Publisher: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
  • Earth
    • Authors: Michael J. Carlowicz, Lawrence Friedl, Kevin A. Ward
    • Publication Year: 2018
    • Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • National Individual Tree Species Atlas
    • Authors: James R. Ellenwood, Frank J. Krist Jr., Sheryl A. Romero
    • Publication Year: 2015
    • Publisher: USDA Forest Service
  • Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests
    • Author: James H. Miller
    • Publication Year: 2006
    • Publisher: USDA Forest Service
  • Paradise Lost? The Coastal Prairie of Louisiana and Texas
    • Publication Year: 2000
    • Publishers: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Texas Monarch Flyway Strategy
    • Publication Year: 2018
    • Publisher: Houston Wilderness

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Meetings are held at Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, located at 4501 Woodway Dr., Houston, TX 77024

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