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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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Bar None Ranch: Flowers

July 14, 2015 by Travis Ward in Plant Hunt, Hill Country

The third post covering the flora of the Bar None Ranch in Mason County concludes with the details of the flowering annuals and perennials. As I've made clear in the first and second posts, the more-than-average rainfall this spring in Texas has led to an over-abundance of blooms, and blooming cycles well into the summer months when typically few plants are pushing inflorescence. The following photos documentation of these blooms.

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July 14, 2015 /Travis Ward
Mason, Texas, wildflower, wildflowers, Erigeron, modestus, Fleabane, Ratibida, columnaris, Mexican Hat, Gaillardia, pulchella, Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Achillea, millefolium, Yarrow, Callirhoe, involucrata, Winecup, Asclepias, oenotheroides, Zizotes, Milkweed, Solanum, elaeagnifolium, Silverleaf Nightshade, Oenothera, macrocarpa, Primrose, Thelesperma, filifolium, Greenthread, Cichorium, intybus, Chicory, Dracopis, amplexicaulis, Coneflower, Allowissadula, holosericea, Verbascum, thapsus, Mullein, Senna, roemeriana, Centaurea, americana, Basketflower, Heterotheca, canascens, Golden Gray Aster, Cooperia, pedunculata, Rain Lily, Phyla, nodiflora, Frogfruit, Ipomoea, lindheimeri, Morning Glory, Mentzelia, oligosperma, Stickleaf, Dalea, aurea, Golden Dalea, Polanisia, dodecandram, Clammyweed, Salvia, farinacea, Mealy Blue Sage, Centaurium, texense, Lady Bird's Centaury, Amblyolepsis, setigera, Huisache Daisy, Daisy, Menodora, heterophylla, Redbud, Indigofera, lindheimeriana, Indigo, Monarda, citriodora, Horsemint, Sabatia, campestris, Meadow Pink, Lupinus, texensis, Texas Bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas native plants, Edwards Plateau, Texas Hill Country, Hill Country
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