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Author Taylor, Richard B., author

Title Common woody plants and cacti of South Texas : a field guide / Richard B. Taylor
Edition First edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 205 pages)
Series Texas natural history guides
Texas natural history guides.
Contents Historical perspectives -- Brush management -- Habitat appraisal -- Plant quick key -- Thorned plants -- Straight thorned -- Curved thorned -- Thornless plants -- Cacti, succulents, and yucca
Summary <P>Woody plants and cacti are vital staple foods for cattle, deer, and other wildlife in drought-prone South Texas. Ranchers, hunters, and land managers who need to identify these plants relied on <i>A Field Guide to Common South Texas Shrubs</i> (published by Texas Parks & Wildlife Press and distributed by UT Press), which is no longer in print. Responding to ongoing demand for the book, Richard B. Taylor has completely updated and expanded it with seven new species, new photographs, and a quick plant identification key.</p><p><i>Common Woody Plants and Cacti of South Texas</i> is an easy-to-use plant identification field guide to fifty species that comprise an estimated 90 percent of the region?s woody canopy cover north of the Rio Grande Valley. The species accounts include photographs, descriptions, values to livestock and wildlife, and nutritional information. The book also provides historical perspectives and information on brush management techniques and strategies, as well as habitat appraisal. All of these resources will enable readers to analyze stocking rates for deer and cattle, evaluate a prospective hunting lease, or buy property.</p>
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Woody plants -- Texas, South -- Identification
Cactus -- Texas, South -- Identification
NATURE -- Plants -- General.
NATURE / Plants / General
Cactus.
Woody plants.
South Texas.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Guidebooks.
Field guides.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780292763050
0292763050