ECOSYSTEM-LEVEL BOOKS and RESOURCES

• The Coastal Prairie Ecosystem, F.E. Smeins, D.D. Diamond, and C.W. Hanselka

• Houston Atlas of Biodiversity, Houston Wilderness, Texas A&M Press, Houston Wilderness

• Paradise Lost?: The Coastal Prairie of Texas and Louisiana, Allain, L., M. Vidrine, V.Grafe, C. Allen and S. Johnson, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey

PRAIRIE HISTORY BOOKS

• Cajun Prairie: A Natural History, Malcolm Vidrine - Excellent resource for understanding the human and biological history of the Cajun Prairie.

• Texas Beyond History: Native Peoples of the Coastal Prairies and Marshlands in Early Historic Times - an online resource

RESTORATION AND HOW-TO BOOKS

• Coastal Prairie Plant Growers' Hanbook, Allain, L., Gonzalez, J., Hannah, F., Solomon, T.

• The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook: For Prairies, Savannas, and Woodlands, Mutel, C.F. and Packard, S., Society for Ecological Restoration

BIODIVERSITY BOOKS AND RESOURCES

• Texas Snakes: Identification, Distribution, and Natural History, John E. Werler & James R. Dixon University of Texas Press

• Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides), Jim P. Brock & Kenn Kaufman, Houghton Mifflin Company

• Peterson first Guide to Caterpillars of North America, Amy Barlett Wright, Houghton Mifflin Company

• The Mammals of Texas, William B. Davis & David J. Schmidly, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.

• The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America, David Allen Sibley, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

• Range Plants (The W.L. Moody, Jr. Natural History Series), Stephan L. Hatch & Jennifer Pluhar, Texas A&M University Press

• Wildflowers of Texas, Geyata Ajilvsgi, Shearer Publishing

• Wildflowers of Houston and Southeast Texas, John & Gloria Tveten, University of Texas Press

• Gardening, John K. Boring, Erica Glasener, Glenn Keator, Jim Knopf, Jane Scott, Sally Wasowski, The Nature Company

• How to Attract Hummingbirds and Butterflies, Ortho Books, Chevron Chemical Company

• Trees of Texas: An Easy Guide to Leaf Identification, Carmine Stahl and; Ria McElvaney, Texas A and M University Press