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Trees of Southeast Texas

Trees of Southeast Texas: Trees are a key part of the habitat of a region and can give an area it’s unique character. This beautifully illustrated, waterproof pocket guide will help you get to know the most important native species that make up the habitat of the Southeast Texas, Houston and surrounding areas.

Over 250 stunning illustrations — leaf shapes, fruits, nuts, berries, flowers and tree shapes — depict 54 of the most common native trees and cover the basics of tree identification.

Easy to understand text descriptions cover basic info for each species. A section includes a brief, illustrated primer on how a tree grows and the anatomy of life inside the trunk. Designed as a quick, easy-to-carry reference for naturalists of all ages and education levels.

ISBN: 978-0-9826211-5-8

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Robert O’Brien

Nature artist and naturalist Robert O’Brien is one of the most prolific and widely published contemporary botanical illustrators in the United States.

Specializing the illustration of trees and their natural history, Robert has illustrated over 70 tree and forestry education publications for organizations across the United States from Florida to Alaska, as well as Europe and Africa.

His work has also been featured in regional, national and international newspapers and magazines.

Robert maintains his home and studio in the Texas hill country west of Austin. In addition to his successful graphic design and illustration business, he is currently working on a series of etchings of birds of the Gulf Coast and Caribbean as well as a book of North American trees.

He is also making available large limited edition prints of his tree illustrations.

More of his work can be viewed on his website at: www.treeguides.com.

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Peppers: From Sweet to Heat

The health benefits of peppers, both sweet and hot, are widely known. They’re packed with vitamins, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory properties, and they’re low in calories. And then, there’s the varieties of flavors—from the sweet to the heat!

This guide is an easy-to-use visual reference to a wide variety of peppers and includes a handy introduction to the Scoville Scale to show you where each pepper ranks of the scale of sweet and mild to hot, hotter, and hottest. There’s also Information on when to harvest the ripened fruit, and suggestions on how the fruit is commonly used in the kitchen.

Whether you’re a gardener looking for purely ornamental plants, a backyard farmer looking to plant and harvest for the table, or the chef shopping for the perfect spicy note for tonight’s dinner keep this handy, folding, laminated guide in your shopping bag for your next trip to the garden center, the produce aisle or your farmer’s market.

ISBN: 978-1-943334-57-5

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Wildflowers of Southeast Texas

Wildflowers of Southeast Texas: People exploring nature in Southeast Texas can use this handy photographic field guide to identify 88 common native wildflower species. The flowers in the guide are grouped by color to make identification as easy as possible, and the accompanying text indicates size, bloom period, and other characteristics of each plant.

The guide’s six double-sided panels fold up into a packet narrow enough to fit in a back pocket yet sturdy enough to stand up under repeated use. Lamination has also made the guide waterproof.

The plants identified in Southeast Texas Wildflowers grow in a large area that includes Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Jasper, Lufkin, Huntsville, Bryan, Brenham, La Grange, and many other nearby places.

ISBN: 978-0-9826211-6-5

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Steven Schwartzman

Steven Schwartzman has been a photographer since the 1960s.

In recent years his nature photographs and accompanying articles have appeared multiple times in Texas Highways and Wildflower, the magazine of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

Steven hosts the nature photography blog at portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com.

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Snakes of South Texas

Snakes of South Texas: This guide’s 12 panels fold up into a handy narrow packet which is sized to fit in your back pocket yet sturdy enough to stand up under repeated use. Lamination has also made the guide waterproof.

The guide describes 48 species of snakes found in South Texas, including 5 venomous snakes and features color photos of each. Common and scientific names, average adult size, habitat, diet, and behavior are described making it ideal for field use.

Tips on field identification and safety instructions are also discussed. Identify that unexpected visitor in your yard or while out and about. Excellent for nature enthusiasts of all ages.

ISBN: 978-1-936913-73-2

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Clint Pustejovsky

Houston is home to many snakes and is also where Clint’s passion for snakes began.

As a 5 year old child, Clint was reading reptile books from the local library and his elementary school, and by third grade he had read every available reptile and amphibian book.

Clint has has been studying and catching snakes, venomous and nonvenomous, from that moment to this moment.
At the age of 11, he met a local nature scientist, Dr. Robert A, Vines, who taught Clint how to catch and handle venomous snakes and better ID venomous from nonvenomous. This was 1970 and snake grabbers were not readily available as they are today, so Clint learned how to make his own grabbers, snares, hooks and pinning devices, and continued practicing and honing his skills over the years.

He received a B.S. in Communications from the University of Houston. Clint has also been featured in many newspapers, magazines and regularly asked to do television interviews.

He continues traveling around Texas entertaining and teaching audiences (companies, schools, TPWD, etc.) of all sizes and ages how to properly ID snakes, what do in case of envenomation, and overall handling and safety.

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Snakes of Southeast Texas

Snakes of Southeast Texas: This guide’s 12 panels fold up into a handy narrow packet which is sized to fit in your back pocket yet sturdy enough to stand up under repeated use.

Lamination has also made the guide waterproof. It describes over 35 species of snakes found in Southeast Texas, including 7 venomous snakes. The guide also features color photos that makes it ideal for field use. Common and scientific names, average adult size, habitat, diet, and behavior are described.

Tips on field identification and safety instructions are also discussed. Identify that unexpected visitor in your yard or while out and about. Excellent for nature enthusiasts of all ages.

ISBN: 978-0-9825516-4-6

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Clint Pustejovsky

Houston is home to many snakes and is also where Clint’s passion for snakes began.

As a 5 year old child, Clint was reading reptile books from the local library and his elementary school, and by third grade he had read every available reptile and amphibian book.

He received a B.S. in Communications from the University of Houston. Clint has also been featured in many newspapers, magazines and regularly asked to do television interviews.

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