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Library & Archive

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Library & Archive assembles and disseminates information that will encourage the cultivation, conservation, and preservation of wildflowers and other native flora throughout North America.

Our collection of over 1600 volumes is searchable through the University of Texas Library Catalog and available by appointment.

In addition, the Library & Archive maintains a National Native Plant Bibliography. This Bibliography was compiled to make it easier to find floras, field guides, and other native plant publications appropriate for your area. Use the search bar below to locate a specific reference.

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Sample Selections

Changing Mile Revisited: An Ecological Study of Vegetation Change With Time in the Lower Mile of an Arid and Semiarid Region
by: Turner, R. M.
Notes: From Amazon.com Originally published in 1965, The Changing Mile was a benchmark in ecological studies, a work of comparative photography demonstrating the prevalence of change in the Sonoran Desert. ...
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Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples: Nutrition, Botany, and Use
by: Kuhnlein, H., & J. Turner
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Gail Niebrugge's Alaska Wildflowers: An Artist's Journey in Paintings and Prose
by: Gail Niebrugge
Notes: Beautiful paintings of Alaska's finest wildflowers.
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Armitage's Native Plants for North American Gardens
by: Armitage, A. M.
Notes: From Amazon.com The popularity of native North American plants has soared in recent years, for many good reasons. Whatever draws you to native plants, you'll find no better or more authoritative guid...
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Wildflowers of Texas
by: Ajilvsgi, Geyata.
Notes: Field guide to 482 wildflower species across Texas' nine vegetation zones. The flowers are arranged by color for easy identification, with family and common name descriptions geared for the layperson....
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Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country
by: Enquist, M.
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