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Crystal Beach

November 13, 2016 by Travis Ward in Plant Hunt

Typical of Texas beaches (with the exception of South Padre), the water is muddy and the sand is pretty brown. But for someone who can count on one hand how many times they've been to a warm-weather beach, it was a treat. Although the weather was not that cooperative, I was still able to observe a lot of great native Texas species of flora, and many are unique to coastal areas. 

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November 13, 2016 /Travis Ward
Crystal Beach, beach, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas Beach, Gulf of Mexico, Port Bolivar, sand dunes, Texas native, Texas native plants, Ipomoea, imperati, Beach Morning Glory, Oenothera, drummondii, Oenothera drummondii, Beach Evening Primrose, Strophostyles, Strophostyles leiosperma, Slickseed Fuzzybean, Croton, Croton punctatus, Gulf Croton, Euphorbiaceae, Chamaecrista, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Partridge Pea, Helianthus, Helianthus debilis, Beach Sunflower, sunflower, Gaillardia, Gaillardia pulchella, Indian Blanket, Heliotropium, Heliotropium curassavicum, Seaside Heliotrope, Heliotrope, Bacopa, Bacopa monnieri, Water Hyssop, Hyssop, Heterotheca, Heterotheca subaxillaris, Camphorweed
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Oak Point Nature Preserve

January 26, 2016 by Travis Ward in Plant Hunt

In Plano, a suburban city in the Dallas metropolitan area, the community has purchased 800 acres of farmland and utility right-of-ways to create a sprawling, multi-use park. The design of the park is great in its simplicity as it's mostly open with run and bike trails. The focus of the park is preserving the land and restoring the property to its pre-human existence. The park is also home to one of the few native prairie remnants still intact in Collin County. 

Dormant foliage of summer's past can be interesting and beautiful during cold, winter months, but difficult to properly identify. This post will highlight the prairie plants of Oak Point with identifications when possible.

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January 26, 2016 /Travis Ward
Plano, Collin County, Oak Point Nature Preserve, Dallas, Park, Prairie, Helianthus, Sunflower, Packera, obovata, Golden Groundsel, Symphoricarpos, orbiculatus, Coralberry, Gleditsia, triacanthos, Honeylocust, Pyrus, calleryana, Pear, Symphyotrichum, ericoides, Heath Aster, Rubus, trivialis, Dewberry, Quercus, macrocarpa, Burr Oak, Bur Oak, Oak, Prunus, Plum, Tridens Albescens, White Tridens, grass, Asclepias asperula, Asclepias, Milkweed, Bothriochloa, laguroides, Physalis, paper lanterns, Andropogon, glomeratus, Bushy Bluestem, Silver Bluestem, Bluestem, Agalinis heterophylla, Prairie Agalinis, Xanthium strumarium, Cocklebur, Desmanthus, Desmanthus illinoensis, Illinois Bundleflower, Salvia farinaceae, Mealy Blue Sage, mushrooms, Cedar Elm, Elm, Rowlett Creek, Native plants, Texas native plants
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