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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

Grasses in California
by: Crampton, B.
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Guide to Nature in Winter: Northeast and North Central North America
by: Stokes, D. W.
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The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer
by: Cohen, S Ondra, N.
Notes: Want a yard make over? Well this is the guide for you. It puts you in the driver seat to create beautiful, eaily maintained garden designs that your familly will love for years to come.
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Wildflowers across Texas
by: Parent, L.; P. C. Parent
Notes: Photography by Laurence Parent, with an introductory essay by Patricia Caperton Parent and a forward by First Lady Laura Bush. The simple, stunning beauty of Texas wildflowers has never been more evid...
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Wildflowers of Ohio
by: Henn, R.L.
Notes: "Wildflowers of Ohio" is a very user friendly guide to the identification and characteristics of 287 of Ohio's common wildflowers. Each flower is presented in a full-color photograph showing it in its...
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Wildflowers of the Western Plains
by: Kirkpatrick, Z.M.
Notes: From Amazon.com Stretching from western Texas and eastern New Mexico up through Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, and into Canada, the vast western plains often app...
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