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Suggestions for native grass book for Central Texas

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Apache
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Grasses can be pretty tough to identify & I'd like a book with multiple pictures of each grass.
No pencil drawings. The area I'm interested in knowing about is the Central Texas region, primarily the Blackland Prairie and Post Oak Belt. Hill Country & South Texas areas would be a bonus.

Anyone have any suggestions? Here are a few I'm looking at:

Field Guide to Common Texas Grasses
Guide to Texas Grasses
Grasses of South Texas

I'm also considering this book (recommended here) because it has about 60 grasses as well.
Range Plants of North Texas


cledus6150
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I actually have all three of the top group of books that you listed, there usefulness various by type of grass you are trying to identify.
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Texas Range Plants. The green book Dr. Hatch wrote.
ursusguy
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The Ricky Linux book is what I use.....but I am in North Texas
Tree Hugger
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I use the Hatch and Shaw books
Apache
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Mulch like my native plant books, there is no best out there.
Does the Hatch or Shaw book cover introduced species as well?

I'll probably go with one of those two plus the Linux book.
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ursusguy said:

The Ricky Linux book is what I use.....but I am in North Texas
It's pretty good for most of central,Texas all the way to the coast
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I'm gonna comment just to say that I got out with a degree from Hatch's department without one single class of his. It made otherwise tough classes seem great hearing about how Hatch's SUCKED! I don't know **** about grass...dont care. I use my degree every day and it pays.
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Common Rangeland Plants of West Central Texas

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George Clendenin
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Apache said:

Mulch like my native plant books, there is no best out there.
Does the Hatch or Shaw book cover introduced species as well?

I'll probably go with one of those two plus the Linux book.


I see what you did there.
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I recommend this one

http://www.agrilifebookstore.org/mobile/Product.aspx?id=37651

Lots of common grasses in Texas.
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BQ_90 said:

ursusguy said:

The Ricky Linux book is what I use.....but I am in North Texas
It's pretty good for most of central,Texas all the way to the coast


Agree. Not exhaustive, but you should get it regardless because it is a nice reference. Still plenty of stuff in there that grows in Gonzales Co.
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normaleagle05 said:

I'm gonna comment just to say that I got out with a degree from Hatch's department without one single class of his. It made otherwise tough classes seem great hearing about how Hatch's SUCKED! I don't know **** about grass...dont care. I use my degree every day and it pays.

I actually wouldn't mind taking Hatch's class again just to help with my ID skills and keying ability. I think I would get more out of it now.
ursusguy
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I took Hatch's class, and it was tough......but I have to admit it was easier than roughly the same course out at Tech.
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Range major here too. Hatch's grasses class was the most work I ever had to put into a 2 hour class.

Still have his green book.
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JaneDoe02 said:

Range major here too. Hatch's grasses class was the most work I ever had to put into a 2 hour class.

Still have his green book.


RLEM major as well

That small green book still sits on my desk alongside the big green plants of central Texas book
marcel ledbetter
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Is Hatch still teaching? He had two classes. One on grasses and one on flowering plants. I think the grass class was the tougher of the two.
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