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At last, an authoritative guide that is also readable; one that shows the trees' relation to human and animal life -- even in the charming illustrations. Includes leaf-shape guide, range maps, and an index of popular and scientific names for over 120 trees, both native and naturalized.
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really nice.......2007-01-23
Well organized, the text fairly glows with the authors enthusiasm for the subject.
It's really well organized and written.
THe only way I can see to improve it is lots of colro plates..
I wish they'd write a book just like it on edible plants of texas.
It's really friendly, and really good.......2006-07-31
Patty Leslie Pasztor and Paul Cox are two of the great gurus of native plant life in Texas. And they are just as friendly as this book is. I have many Texas native plant books on my shelf, but this if my first "go to" volume. I especially love Patty's ethnobotany commentaries. They add a great breadth of understanding to Texas human history, as well as its natural history.
Indispensable.......2003-07-13
If you are interested in trees and live in Texas, this is the ONE book you must have. So often you have to buy a Western U.S. book for West Texas and an Eastern U.S. book for East Texas - and you still don't have all the trees in the Rio Grande Valley that are primarily Mexican.
The book is clear and easy to use. Even better, it gives interesting tidbits about each tree's range and habits in Texas, including the location of the largest known example in the state.
Highly recommended!
It Really Works!.......2000-10-25
Ever wonder what kind of tree you're looking at? If you're in Texas, you can't miss with this book.
The book includes a map of soil types (with its natural diversity, Texas could be a country in itself!) and follows it with general drawings of leaves. Compare the leaf you see to the drawings in the book and you're sent to a tree family. From there you simply find the tree from more detailed drawings and area maps. It's easy! I am now considered a tree guru.
What else? Look through the book and find which trees will do best in your area, their size and flowers, virtually everything the homeowner, naturalist, or budding naturalist needs or wants to know.
When hiking our many parks and wildscape areas, other naturalist books stay home. This book comes with me...it's great!
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Jan Wrede speaks to me.......2007-02-15
When I am out on the range in the Hill Country of Texas trying to identify a plant, Jan Wrede tells me what I need to know.
An excellent guide in understanding Texas hill country.......2007-01-16
The pictures and descriptions have been invaluable in my interpretive walks and hikes. This is a must have for hikers and hill property owners. I bought two! One for me and one for a friend.
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Trees of Texas: An Easy Guide to Leaf Identification (W L Moody, Jr, Natural History Series)
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Lone Star Field Guide to Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of Texas, Revised Edition (Lone Star Field Guides)
ASIN: 1585442429 |
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This book describes more than 600 species of the most common Texas wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and cacti in a well illustrated, easy to use format.
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At age nine, Mara knows many things (how to do laundry, for instance), but there are lots of things she doesn't know - like her mother, or her father, or even God.
Customer Reviews:
a wonderful novel.......2007-06-24
In her debut novel, Watching the Tree Limbs, Mary DeMuth introduces us to Maranatha, a creative girl who longs to color her world and to belong. As nine-year-old Mara struggles to cope with life-changing circumstances and rejection in her small Texas town, she falls prey to a neighbor boy who sexually abuses and terrorizes her. Although her story is heart-wrenching and painfully sad at times, it is not depressing or hopeless. Mara's story is also sweet and funny, especially her interactions with her best friend, Camilla, and her guardian's housekeeper, Zady. DeMuth gives the reader a beautifully written tale of grace and hope, transformation and deliverance. Mara plays real-life Nancy Drew with Camilla to solve the mystery of her past, which adds an unexpected element of suspense to the novel. As she grows, so does her faith, not only in God but in those He puts in her life to help and love her. The faith DeMuth portrays is not full of simplistic, pat answers and platitudes. Mara rages at God and wonders how He could allow such a thing to happen, even as she views her abuser as having almost supernatural powers to see inside her head and know her every thought and action. I look forward to continuing Maranatha's story in the book's sequel, Wishing on Dandelions.
Transformational truth.......2007-06-20
Only read this book if you're ready for God to change your heart! You'll laugh with the protagonist, Mara, as she grows up, makes friends, and experiences the quirks of small-town life in Burl, Texas. You'll cry with her, too, as she experiences isolation, rejection and the deep pain of betrayal by those whom she should have been able to trust. By the end of the book, you'll rejoice with Mara as she works through her painful experiences to discover fresh hope and restoration.
Mary DeMuth's gift for storytelling is revealed in the creation and development of complex, yet lovable characters; the sustaining of a well-paced plot; and a balanced, redemptive approach to an extremely difficult subject: sexual abuse. With poignance and grace, Mary addresses abuse and its related issues in a way that is truthful, yet redemptive. If you're tired of "fluffy fiction" and are searching for authentic, well-written, Christ-centered prose, look no further than Watching the Tree Limbs. This book has certainly earned its Christy award nomination for the category of "First Novel"! It's "transformational truth" at its finest. A must-read for any woman who has dealt with sexual abuse.
A must read.......2007-05-18
It's been a while since I sat down to read a book that I could not put down. Watching the Tree Limbs is exactly that type of book. Author Mary DeMuth hooked me from the moment the book opens with "Folks like my friend Camilla have lofty goals before they die, like stealing a kiss from a movie star or seeing the Sahara. Mine's quite simple. I want to tell my story unsevered, as if it was actually me walking the sweltering pavement of Burl, Texas." Half-way through the book, I purchased the sequel because I knew that I was not going to be able to wait to start the next one once I finished.
What I love about Mary's storytelling is that she paints a poignant, beautiful picture of redemption and Christ's unconditional love without feeling like it's preachy or spoken with an ulterior motive. Certainly, Mary desires to share her faith through her words, but she chooses to show, rather than tell. The redemption story is so woven into the development of the characters and the movement of the book, that you can't separate it out and say, "here's the author's agenda." In fact, it's the way I think my friend Mary lives her life: you can't say, here's the spiritual part of Mary's life and here's the rest. As a result, I feel comfortable - even encourage - recommending this book to non-believers.
But have no doubts, just because it's "Christian fiction" does not mean that it is not a good story. Mary uses her words like a paintbrush on canvas, encouraging the reader at times to simply marvel at the intricacy of details and overall artistry of the story. I laughed, I cried and I connected with the characters. I couldn't read fast enough, and yet wanted to savor every word. I won't share much about the story itself; I'll leave that to you to experience fresh. Know that Mary addresses some tough issues, and at times she reaches out and squeezes your heart just enough that it aches, but that pain only leads you to a greater appreciation for the redemption offered to the characters in the book (and to us, through Jesus Christ).
Please don't think I gush just because Mary is my friend. If I thought her book stunk, I would let you know. But I don't, and knowing her heart just makes it that much sweeter to recommend it to you.
Compelling story with strong Christian worldview .......2007-04-30
I became acquainted with Mary DeMuth at a writer's conference and picked up her books to read as a result. I found Mary's first published novel to be a compelling, honest, gut-wrenching account of an orphan's search for answers about her life. Although I generally disdain "Christian fiction" I just may reconsider my stance after spending many enjoyable hours reading Mary's fiction.
Watching the Clock Tick.......2007-04-13
Kudos to any author who can successfully draw me away from a looming pile of "to do" items. This book was so painful yet delightful, I couldn't put it down until I'd reached the last page of sweet Mara's tale. Mary DeMuth has woven a heart-rending story filled with delicious characters, amazing imagery, and redemption rolled into one. As a first time novelist, I'm a bit jealous she could pull this off with her debut novel, but I'll forgive her. I consumed this puppy in a day and a half and can't wait to read part two, Wishing on Dandelions. I'll just be sure to get at least part of my "to do" list done first.
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- Not as good as Wildflowers of Texas
- Good reference
- Know Your Flowers By Name
- Still the best, after all these years.
- Un excelente libro de campo
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Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide (Texas Natural History Guides)
Campbell Loughmiller ,
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For two decades and counting, Texans have relied on
Texas Wildflowers to identify the common and rare flowers we see along the roadsides and in the pastures, fields, and forests of our state. Compiled by naturalists Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller, with the technical assistance of Lynn Sherrod,
Texas Wildflowers is an authoritative field guide with a personal touch in the many notes the Loughmillers included about the plants they described and photographed.
This new edition of
Texas Wildflowers retains the charm of the Loughmillers' book while emphasizing 61 additional species and bringing the plant taxonomy and nomenclature up to date. Like its predecessor, it includes all the features you need to identify the wildflowers of Texas:
- 381 full-color, close-up photos that show every wildflower in the book, including over 200 photos that are new to this edition.
- 370 species accounts that include the plant's scientific and common names, a description of its appearance, and its range, habitat, and blooming season.
- Descriptions of 73 wildflower families, from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae.
- Indexes to help you identify flowers by their Latin name and common name.
- A guide to taxonomic updates in this edition.
- A map, glossary, illustrated glossary, and bibliography for further reading.
Lady Bird Johnson, author of the first edition's foreword, says of this new edition of Texas Wildflowers, "How delighted I am the University of Texas Press and the Wildflower Center are preserving Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller's legacy by revising and updating this beautiful and invaluable book about Texas wildflowers! Not only does it contain a wealth of knowledge, it also awakens our awareness of the splendor of nature and joyous lift of spirit it brings."
Customer Reviews:
Not as good as Wildflowers of Texas.......2007-08-01
The biggest problem with this field guide is it's organization and it is much harder to use than the color coded Wildflowers of Texas. The photographs are not as good either.
Good reference.......2007-04-29
This book has good coverage, small pictures next to the text, and reasonable descriptions. However it is arranged by scientific name so it will not be easy to use this to find the name of that pretty little yellow flower by the roadside. Look at "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi for a similar field guide but that is grouped by flower colors.
Know Your Flowers By Name.......2007-04-10
This guide helps Texans (and visitors to Texas) to identify the common and rare flowers seen along the roadsides and in the pastures, fields, and forests of the state. Also included among the pages are 381 full-color, close up photos and 370 species including a description of its appearance, range, habitat, and blooming season.
Texas is famous for its bluebonnets, and they are a sight to see in the spring! This book shows how many more lovely flowers decorate the state. My favorite is seeing red indian paint accenting a swath of bluebonnets. Stunning.
Get this book to learn the names of all the flowers.
Still the best, after all these years........2002-12-02
I received a copy of "Texas Wildflowers" when I was in middle school, in preparation for a class assignment to collect, identify and preserve a variety of Texas wildflowers. I have held on to my copy for the past 18 years, and it's still the best book for identifying Texas wildlflowers! The photos are superb, and the location and identifying information for each flower is informative and interesting.
My only complaint is the book isn't bound in a weatherproof binding so I can bring it along on my annual wildflower photography visits to Texas locales such as Lyndon B. Johnson State Historical Park; McKinney Falls State Park; Inks Lake State Park and Burnet, Texas.
Un excelente libro de campo.......2000-10-08
Texas Wildflowers es un excelente libro para el biologo de campo, ya que cuenta con bellas fotografias de los ejemplares revisados en el libro. Es una ayuda para los estudiantes de botanica de Texas y el Noreste de Mexico. Solo le falta un indice por especie y uno por color de flores para su mejor manejo en campo.
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Good Reference for Texas and Louisiana.......2006-06-07
This is a good book on wildflowers, vines, shrubs, trees of Texas and adjoining parts of Louisiana. Pictures are generally very good and are grouped by color and in a section by themselves. Each picture has a number reference and looking up the number gives you plant ID information and a range map. My biggest criticism of the book is that it just doesn't cover enough species - for what it does cover, it is excellent.
More than just a great little field guide...........2001-06-15
I own several field guides to Texas wildflowers, and I find this one to be the best among them. There are books with bigger and better photographs, but none come close to having the nearly 400 color photos this one has. This one also has maps of growing areas for each plant identified and very clear descriptions of each plant. It even has sections on Texas' endangered species and landscaping with native plants.
The book divides the plants into five sections for easy use. The wildflowers are further divided into colors to help find and identify them quickly. The five sections are (1) herbaceous wildflowers, (2) vines, (3) trees and shrubs, (4) cacti, agaves, yuccas and other succulents, and (5) miscellaneous plants, weeds and growths on trees. These are followed by appendices on how to identify common plant families and "plant watching" as a hobby (collecting plants, how to make a plant press and save your specimens, and a sample wildflower documentation sheet). Finally, there are three glossaries and an index.
While some might complain that the plant photographs are not printed with the specimen entries (they are grouped together in the center of the book), this is really quite handy. Each photo is numbered identically with the entries, so matching the photo with the description is really very simple. Indeed, it is quite easy to find the flower by its photo and then look up the corresponding plant description by the photo number.
All in all, this is the only wildflower field guide Texans will need. If you want a desk reference, that's another matter.
Customer Reviews:
gre-e-e-at book!!!.......2007-01-15
Answers all my needs & questions. Has colored photos of lots ( like autumn foliage,flowers, leafs, bark,Etc.)
I need to buy no more...only wish I had bought this 1st!!!
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- The Book for You by Fabian Nevarez
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- Totally Awesome by Heather
- Muy Bien!!A Must-Read for all young people!!
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These lively stories follow Rey Castaneda from sixth through eighth grade in Nuevo Penitas, Texas. One side of Rey's family lives nearby in Mexico, the other half in Texas, and Rey fits in on both sides of the border. In Nuevo Penitas, he enjoys fooling around with his pals in the barrio; at school, he's one of the "A list" kids.
As Rey begins to cross the border from childhood into manhood, he turns from jokes and games to sense the meaning of work, love, poverty, and grief, and what it means to be a proud Chicano-moments that sometimes propel him to show feelings un hombre should never express. It's a new territory where Rey longs to follow the example his hardworking, loving father has set for him.
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews:
The Book for You by Fabian Nevarez.......2006-03-08
This book was extremly goopd for me because it gives a message about how we should look on the things you have and not be
The Book for You by Fabian Nevarez.......2006-03-08
This book was extremly goopd for me because it gives a message about how we should look on the things you have and not be
The Book for You by Fabian Nevarez.......2006-03-08
This book was extremly goopd for me because it gives a message about how we should look on the things you have and not be trying to show off to other people that you can drink. Also, that you should not be fightin in front of the children, you should only back away from the problem. For example when your brother offerse you to drink, if you don't dring anymore (which is good) you should just say no and walk away with your family back home even if it was yoor brother. Another thing that ilearned from this book is that
Totally Awesome by Heather.......2003-02-04
I absolutely loved the book! I felt, even though Rey and I are really different, the author shapes the character so that anybody can relate to him. I enjoyed reading as he struggled to field right and wrong, which everyone does from time to time. And especially the personal things, like his Tio Angel dying, I can totally relate what Rey went through. His defined writing makes Rey almost real. I have had to set the book down and remember that Rey is a character in a story. It is that good.
Muy Bien!!A Must-Read for all young people!!.......2002-05-03
Rene Saldana's young adult novel, The Jumping Tree, is perfectly crafted to broaden your view of the youth of today. I have read it twice now and am still inspired by his stories of Chicano youth and the common (and often hilarious) misadventures that we all experience as we grow into young men & women. I especially love the frequent use (almost every page)of the spanish language in dialogue and descriptions...it's a bonus pleasure to learn another language while reading of Rey's growing pains! In short, it's like Harry Potter...but in Texas..and the magic is the only real kind: Human love!
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Everything you need to identify over 100 varieties of Texas trees is here in this one source--along with easy-to-follow directions for selecting, planting, and maintaining your trees. Concise descriptions and photographs of tree varieties, methods for dealing with tree pests, organic planting and maintenance program, treatments and recipes for homemade organic remedies, detailed information on growing patterns and requirements.
Customer Reviews:
OK, I guess.......2006-01-27
This is mostly a listing of the hunderd tree species that are recommended for planting in Texas gardens. Usually per tree there is one page, of which more than half will be devoted to pictures (some trees rate two pages). Printing quality is good with full color photographs throughout.
The information given appears in order (I only browsed through). Picture quality is only so-so. We live in an age of splendid photography, and there are plenty of tree books with pictures of a Wow! quality. The pictures in this book fall well short of such a standard. It looks to be mostly a matter of composition.
I guess this book is OK, but I see no reason for enthousiasm.
Excellent starting point!.......2004-04-28
According to his web site, "Garrett received his Bachelor of Science degree in Park Administration and Landscape Architecture from Texas Tech University in 1969. He is a registered landscape architect, I.S.A. certified arborist, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer."
Howard's observations and preferences have not been developed casually, but are the result of a lifetime of experience. He maintains a firm committment to organic horticulture, and explains his reasons for this more thoroughly in other books.
I would like to see more information crucial to the small city lot (which is after all the realm of most beginning home gardeners), such as appropriate trees for the front of the lot that won't eat the sidewalk. However, it is a fact that a book which covers every issue in tree gardening would be huge and quite costly. For instance, the appearance of oak leaves can vary greatly, even from the same tree. Howard has merely presented pictures covering some of the varying appearances, rather than delving deeply into this subject. He has hit the highlights on most of the important issues, giving us a manageable and affordable book.
Someone who wants an extensive education on this subject will of course want to consult additional books and additional authors. But the beginning gardener (or someone who is new to Texas) would do well to follow Howard's advice, because it does provide an excellent starting point. Many gardening issues are of course a matter of opinion, but Howard's opinions are built on a firm foundation.
Nice pictures, short on info.......2003-12-30
I read the book from front to back. Nice pictures, glad to have a listing of the different tree groups in the back (flowering, shade trees, ...) and for the insight into some of the tree's uses (medicinal, neem properties, etc.). I was a bit disappointed on the lack of information that I would have liked to have seen - for instance - up close pictures/sketches of tree leaves and fruit for reader's use in identifying a tree. Was glad to see pictures of entire tree along with up close shots, it helps me determine what the mature tree will look like in the landscape.
I also would have liked to see a more expansive description on the leaves (ie this tree can be distinguished from look alikes by it's 7 points and fuzzy underside). There were two pictures of Shumard Red Oak leaves and the leaves were shaped differently on the two pictures, so now I am unsure if I actually have a Shumard Red Oak. A drawing of the leaves would have helped.
I felt like the author was too harsh when comparing his way of doing things (like not pruning newly transplanted trees) with the advice of other gardening gurus. I would have been more accepting of that advice if he had conducted some controlled experiments of his own and published those results rather than to just say "this is the way it should be because this has been my observation." As an amature gardener, its a big risk of time, effort and money for me to follow this type of advice without something concrete to back it up. Also felt like the author was really pushing his home remedies for ailments without offering alternatives for folks who can't/don't want to brew those treatments up.
As an urban gardener, I was also interested in knowing which trees are more likely to damage sidewalks, pipes, etc with aggressive roots. I saw some information on that in the book but it was not comprehensive as I am aware that some of the trees listed are known to have agressive roots and this was not indicated.
Would have also liked to have known what parts of the state are considered alkaline versus neutral versus acid soil (even though this might be common knowledge to native Texans).
Overall, I'd say that this is a good book to read if you are worried about planting the wrong tree, but don't look for this book to be an end all of information on the tree species listed.
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