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What are the flowers growing along Texas highways? Here's your wildflower identification guide
The legislature has declared all varieties the state flower. Blooms March-May. The red-orange bracts of this wide-ranging wildflower remind us of a Texas sunset; they nearly hide the plant's tiny ...
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Giant Texas Flower Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protections
AUSTIN, Texas— In response to litigation from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the big red sage flower of central Texas as ...
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Texas Flower Threatened By Urban Sprawl Wins Endangered Species Act Protection
The flower is in the path of expanding development along the Interstate 35 corridor of central Texas, and today’s protection comes ... on the southeastern edge of the Edwards Plateau. The plant’s ...