FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN
Indian Trail Chapter, Texas Master Naturalist Program
Monday August 22, 2016
Location: First United Methodist Church
505 W. Marvin Ave., Waxahachie, TX
Family Life Center - Gathering Room
· 7:00 PM - Program FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN
Presented by Ricky Linex – Wildlife Biologist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service
Ricky Linex will provide a Photo Presentation – FIFTY SHADES OF GREEN - of 50 common to rare native plants - about 90% forbs and a few grasses and a woody or two – all that will grow in north central Texas
Ricky Linex, a wildlife biologist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service headquartered in Weatherford, works 51 counties in north central Texas covering the Rolling Plains, Cross Timbers, Blackland Prairie and Post Oak Savannah vegetational regions. He has worked 34 years with NRCS in Goldthwaite, Snyder, Abilene and the past 14 years in Weatherford. Ricky is the author of Range Plants of North Central Texas, A Land Users Guide to Their Identification, Value and Management, a plant identification book for Texas. This book has 324 grasses, forbs and woody plants of the area. A valued addition with this book are the detailed browsing, grazing and seed values of each plant for cattle, sheep, goats, deer, dove, quail, turkey and pollinators. Range Plants of North Central Texas was recognized in 2015 as an outstanding publication by the Texas Chapter-The Wildlife Society, the Native Plant Society of Texas and the Texas Section-Society for Range Management.
Indian Trail Chapter is part of the statewide Texas Master Naturalist Volunteer Program of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
The Mission …to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and
service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within
their communities.
This program is part of a series of “no cost” “open to the public” Master Naturalist programs offered the fourth Monday (generally) of each month, 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Please bring a friend! For more information, please call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension at 972-825-5175 or email: information@itmnc.com
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