* TexasInvasives.Org
TEXASINVASIVES.ORG is a product of the Pulling Together Initiative (PTI), a partnership to manage non-native invasive plants. The PTI provides information about identification and management of invasive plants, establishes locations for invasive plant demonstration areas, and, through a statewide conference, facilitates information sharing about non-native invasive plants. The website provides invasive species news, information on the 2007 conference on Invasive Species of Texas, information on citizen science, databased information, publications, and links to other sites.
* Invasive Species of Texas. Union of Concerned Scientists, 1999.
Contents:
-What’s Happening in Texas - A Problem on the Upswing
-How Do We Bring Invasive Species to Texas?
-How Much Do Invasives Cost Texans?
-What’s At Stake? - Special Landscapes, Habitats, & Species of Texas
-The Worst of the Worst
-Finding Solutions: Who Deals With Invasive Species in Texas?
-Invasive Species in Texas
* Invaders of Texas: A Citizen Science Program To Detect and Report Invasive Species
Do you want to help slow down the spread of harmful invasive species and reduce their ecological and economic damage? The first step is to locate where invaders have arrived and get that information to those who can do something about it. Citizen scientists are volunteers who receive expert training to identify and track important invaders in our area.
* THE QUIET INVASION: A Guide to Invasive Plants of the Galveston Bay Area
A web-based field guide, covering 42 species, for homeowners, land managers, and gardening enthusiasts living in the Lower Galveston Bay Watershed. Included are color photos and physical descriptions of each species for identification, preferred habitats, geographic distribution, reproduction and growth characteristics, pathways of introduction, methods of control, and native plant alternatives to be found at or requested from home gardening centers.
* WEB RESOURCES for PLANT 'WEED' IDENTIFICATION (Texas A&M University)
Many useful links for identification of Texas weeds.
* Flora of Texas Database - Plant Resources Center, University of Texas
All specimens from Texas in the TEX and LL collections are included except for the most recent accessions and some that have been on loan to other institutions for extended periods. Extremely useful for an overview of the range of species occurring in the state.
* An Inventory and Analysis of the Alien Plant Flora of New Mexico
390 non-native plant species are listed here for the state. "Since publication of the first state flora, the number of alien plants has increased from 136 in 1915 to 390 in 2000." Cox, G.W. 2001. The New Mexico Botanist 17:1-7.
* List of non-native species for Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Apparently not yet compiled or documented.
* Invasive.org The Source for Information and Images of Invasive & Exotic Species
A joint project of The University of Georgia's Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ. National perspective and data -- good photos of many non-native species, good links and publications.
