Texas Master Naturalist, Blackland Prairie Chapter, Class of 2018

My motto: It's not how far you walk that matters: it's how many pictures you take along the way!

I retired from teaching in 2017, but still have a passion for learning and sharing what I've learned. Becoming a Texas Master Naturalist has allowed me to fulfill both of those needs, and iNaturalist has been a tremendous part of that. I started using the app during my TX Master Naturalist class in 2018, just casually, to help me identify a few plants. And within a month or two, I was hopelessly hooked! Trees and other plants are my main focus (Identifying them, not necessarily growing them!) I love being able to identify many of the plants I see, and I enjoy the challenge of figuring out those I don't know. I even enjoy spending an afternoon studying a page of the Big Book (The Flora of North Central Texas), trying to sort out the differences between certain species of Veronica or species of Elms.

Thanks to everyone who corrects my mistakes, and especially those who take the time to explain things to me. I will keep doing my best to pay it forward!

Here are some useful links:

• A Collection of Helpful Identification Guides Various ID journal posts written or recommended by iNat users
• Tree ID Brochure 2021 (PDF) Print 2-sided on legal-size paper, z-fold

• Trees of North Central Texas: An interactive dichotomous key to 45+ common trees of North Central Texas
  
  
  
  

  Here are links to external sites I frequently use:

• BONAP - The Biota of North America Plant Atlas
• Botonary, a Botanical Dictionary A dictionary of botanical names, including both the meaning and a pronunciation guide
• Bug Guide
• Discover Life: ID Nature Guides
• Flora of North America ID Keys for many plants
• Go Botany pictorial glossary Hands down, the most helpful guide to decoding botanical keys
• Plants of the World Online iNaturalist's authority for accepted botanical names
• SFASU DendrologyDetailed information on dozens of trees, plus many helpful resources for trees

• Virginia Tech Dendrology Another helpful tree resource
  
  
  

  Other stuff:

  
  BPTMN Projects:
• Blackland Prairie Texas Master Naturalist Project

• Blackland Prairie TMN Class of 2021
  *Identify Observations
  
  
  Saved searches:

• Identify observations of NCTx Trees, shrubs, and vines
• My observations in identify mode
• Search crib sheet by Tony Rebolo

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