Native Plants

Native plants

What are Native plants?
Native plants are endemic /indigenous to an area.
They always grew in this area, they are well adapted to the climate.
A native plant doesn't need additional water to survive.
Native plants occur naturally, not planted by humans.
Under the category 'native plant' are trees, shrubs, flowers, herbs, grasses, mushroom, fungi.
In the US plants that grew before the first explorers / immigrants arrived can all be called native plants.
Native plants can adapted to very limited, unusual habitats. They can live in dry or wet conditions, can grow on acid or alkaline soil, they are just perfectly built to the condition they live on. Some native plants are endemic, only found in one spot on Earth. Other indigenous plants can grow where-ever you put them.

Why should we use native plants in our garden?
A) Native plants grow well.
B) Native plant need no additional water.
C) You don't need to fertilize them.
D) Native plants are resistant to local diseases.

So, you can have a beautiful yard with native plants, without spending money on all these un-natural things, as sprinkler systems, pesticides, fungizides, fertilizers ...

Main problem for native plants are man-made chemicals, and invasive species!

View at Medina lake seen from Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve in Pipe Creek, Texas, a 125 acre nature preserve with nature trails and birding trails in the southern TX Hill Country

View at Medina lake seen from Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve in Pipe Creek, Texas, a 125 acre nature preserve with nature trails and birding trails in the southern TX Hill Country

Photo taken on the 'Great View Nature trail' at
Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve
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and God saw creation was good - we work hard to protect HIS creation

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Bear Springs Blossom nature Conservation takes action on Climate change, violent climate endangers life. Climate change endangers food supply, drinking water. Changing climate changes the air we breath, the way we travel, the way we drive. Nature conservation, nature education provides solutions to all worldwide problems, advice how to develop, tips how to live, help how to change climate change, reduce global temperatures. Global warming, climate change really endangering the future of our children, grandchildren, Climate change endangers earth

CO2 levels were never higher - CO2 carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas - an aerosol that works as an insulator in Earth's atmosphere trapping heat. CO2 causes warmer oceans, warmer temperatures, more hurricanes, violent weather - Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation fights pollution and high carbon dioxide levels with nature education, promotes renewable energy. We protect lakes, water, rivers, oceans. We take action to protect the future of the next generation by lowering CO2 levels

Volunteer members of international charitable nonprofit organization Bear Springs Blossom Nature conservation protect nature, take action on air pollution, water contamination, erosion control, solve international environmental problems, provide nature education, offer solutions to pollution, climate change, global warming. Online learning to keep Nature beautiful, to secure a better life

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about us: international charitable nonprofit organization 501(c)(3) Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation. Main office + Nature preserve Pipe Creek, Texas Hill Country. Founders Peter Bonenberger + Marianne Bonenberger, Vice president Bob Taylor, Rob Platt, secretary Diane Platt, international treasurer Erhard Gold, Karen Taylor. Start to think and half of the work is done. Have the courage to use your brain. Immanuel Kant said: Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage, Sapere Aude individual liberty + knowledge. American Declaration = Sapere Aude = philosophy of Enlightenment, a worldwide education program. World Humans need solid nature education. Master Conservationists understand Nature, solve problems, offer solutions to world climate change, natural resources, worldwide air pollution, water ocean contamination + soil erosion, worldwide health problems

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Bear Springs Blossom nature education online courses teach how to fight erosion, reduce land and ocean pollution. Uncontrolled erosion endangers all life. Erosion threatens food supply, drinking water, quality of air. Nature education on erosion reduces destructive development, tips + help how to control erosion

Online Nature education Soil conservation: prevention of soil eroding. Soil conservation avoids soil chemical alteration, salty soil, acidification, chemical soil contamination. Soil conservation strategies: vegetative cover, erosion prevention, soil salinity management, soil acidity control, conservation is beneficial to soil organisms, remediation of soil contamination, soil mineralization. Soil conservation to secure food supply + drinking water

Nature on Earth was beautiful; Nature was in balance, intact food-chain for all animals, native wildlife, flora + fauna. Enjoy photo slide show Keep Nature beautiful, natural beauty all around the globe. Update your nature education, see why, what to protect, conserve, preserve

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nature in Texas with many native plant varieties, native trees + wildlife endangered, solutions on nature preservation issues, restore Nature, conserve natural bird habitats, beautiful butterfly photos, Nature protection, updated nature education. Master Conservationist Peter Bonenberger + online education by Marianne Bonenberger with published books, photo books, information brochures. Nature photos + text about Bear Springs Blossom Nature preserve, why protecting the environment, Bandera County history, overgrazing endangerment, Texas Hill Country native plants. Online books are part of B+S+B online education programs. Definition: Nature Conservation: Nature means Earth's natural world - Conservation is to maintain, to protect, to keep alive, volunteers of B+S+B nonprofit, promoting educational equity by providing environmental learning experiences for students, kids young + old

History of Bandera, about Bandera County Texas Hill Country. Bandera cowboy capital of the world. Urban sprawl endangers beautiful landscape of Bandera County, TX Hill Country natural areas + parks. Medina river water table lower, well problems

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About flora

Texas wildflowers, native plants along our nature trails, birding trails, wilderness trails at the Bear Springs Blossom Nature preserve, Bandera County, Hill Country Texas. BSBNCG nonprofit provides environmental wildflower knowledge. See wild flowers, see wildflowers with blue blossoms, white blossoms, tree blossoms, flowering native shrubs, red bud flowers + Madrone blossoms. mushrooms, fungi grow in varieties. Nature conservation protects mushrooms, fungi needed to balance Nature. Mushroom photos, fungi. Science classes provided by Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation volunteers in B+S+B Texas Nature conservation center. Earth Star is a TX Native plant, indigenous plants. Earth star are native to their habitat, started and grew up without being planted. B+S+B Nature Preserve educates + protects native plants. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation's nature preserve shows native plants + wildflowers along nature trails, birding trails. Salvia, tropical sage, cedar sage, all wild flowers, or native shrubs flowering, red to pink flowers; different wild flowers at B+S+B Texas Hill Country nature reserve. Take guided tours, become a master conservationist. Nature conservation protects Pearl Milk vine, Matelea reticulata, a twining vine growing on limestone, native plant photos taken at Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve, TX

Salvias
Earth-Star
Native Plants
Pearl Vine
Mushrooms
Mexican Oak
Redbud
Madrone
Junipers

Biology: Junipers, Latin juniperus ashei: trees, shrubs found all over Earth - preferring limestone. juniperus ashei native to Texas for millions of years. Nature conservation, nature education explains why the Texas Hill Country has too many junipers. Native Texas Junipers trees grow up to 80 ft for 200 years. Texas Cedar juniper provides juniper berries for birds, makes good mulch, helps native plants to grow. Nursery plant Juniper is important for nature conservation, essential to pollution reduction. Nature conservation acts against overgrowth TX cedar, Latin juniperus ashei: Overgrazing caused millions of TX Junipers. Juniper, Texas cedar, needed for nature conservation building up soil for native plants, reducing erosion. Junipers cedars are no water suckers. Mexican redbud, cercis mexicana, TX native tree, no pesticides, less water, cercis are beautiful native trees in many southern countries. Madrone or Madrona, peeling tree, arbutus, rare trees Texas Hill Country. Bear Springs Blossom nature preserve has over 300 madrone showing how nature conservation works, how important an intact nature habitat is to Madrone trees, to provide food for birds, joy to humans

Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation preserve has different grasses along nature trails, mostly bunch grass. Texas native state grass side oats grama reduces erosion, water pollution, healthy water for aquifers

B+S+B Grasses
Turf grasses are used worldwide to beautify a lawn, most of the turf grasses need a lot of water

Turf Grasses
Tropical Rainforest
Temperate Rainforest

nature conservation includes changing colors in fall - autumn, using leaves for mulch. B+S+B Nature preserve shows shows how + why leaves change colors in fall = autumn - colored oaks, yellow cherry leaves, but green juniper needles

Nature Encyclopedia
About fauna

Science Nature conservation facts: Nature lovers + birders like Birding on birding trails with guided tours. Golden cheeked Warbler, an endangered bird breeding only in Texas Hill Country, see tanager, wren, mocking bird, tit mouse, native + migrating birds at B+S+B nature preservation

Robins
Golden cheeked Warbler
Cardinals
Hummingbird
Roadrunner
Cliff Swallows
Scrub Jay

bird list native birds seen while birding, walking our birding trails on guided tours Texas Hill Country. See the Golden cheeked Warbler, red tailed hawk, hummingbirds, Mockingbird, robin, roadrunner. roadrunner is a fast running bird seen in Texas and westward. Roadrunners have strong bills and can catch rattle snakes. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve offers facts on birding. Endangered species act: Golden cheeked Warbler, an endangered bird, breeds in the Texas Hill Country - no other place on earth. Golden cheeked Warblers need Texas Hill Country trees, plants, mature junipers to build a nest. B+S+B nature reserve preserves habitat for Golden cheeked Warbler, to provide habitat after migration = GCW - Nature conservation, conserve nature is important to live in harmony with nature, to protect globally endangered species through international nature protection programs. Cardinals, cardinalidae, red black birds with strong bills live in South North America. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation facts about the none migratory cardinalis, how to conserve bird species as a master conservationist. Biology: Cliff swallows eating insects while flying, balancing Earth's environment. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation nature encyclopedia websites provide facts about the migratory Cliff swallow, how to protect birds. Updated nature education for being a good conservationist. Nature conservation facts: Many birds are migrating. The North American Robin Turdus migratorius migrates through the Texas Hill Country easily watched on guided tours at B+S+B nature preserve birding trails, butterflies, provides water sources

Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve home to birding, common birds, endangered birds, bird slide show, butterfly photos, online bird photos, guided birding

Insects

Nature encyclopedia: mosquito’s life cycle, understanding how a mosquito bites, why, how malaria spreads, how to prevent malaria disease. Balance nature to prevent illnesses = protect humans - better information reduces malaria

nature conservation: knowledge about butterflies, to understand why butterflies are part of nature's balance, how to help butterflies to survive, what kills a butterfly - nature conservation through education leads to higher butterfly survival rates

Mammals

Lectures + presentations: B+S+B protects oceans, whales + dolphins from overfishing to over-polluting seas. Oceans stabilize climate, whales balance the life in oceans, but are endangered by greenhouse gases. Nature conservation reduces climate change + air pollution internationally. Earth's ocean food chain needs whales, dolphins + porpoises - earth oceans food feeds over 1 billion humans

Nature conservation news: Black bears in US for 2 million years. Black Bears, Latin Ursus americanus, US native, Southern United States black bears remain in protected mountains, woodlands, parks, preserves. Bears who wander outside nature preserves to find new habitats are endangered

History: Before humans killed all Buffalo Latin bison bison, bison roamed on US prairies without overgrazing, conserving grass prairies. America's prairies were created by Buffaloes, huge mammals, once food + living for Native Americans

Overgrazing destroys land, endangers Nature, causing climate change + global warming. Overgrazing is related to human health problems, overgrazed meadows reduce drinking water supply, multiply water contamination. Overgrazing causes erosion, destroys the native plants food for wildlife, food supply for humans

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Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve, Bandera County, Texas Hill Country. Photos + pictures: see native plants, native trees, as Spanish oaks, Escarpment cherry, lacey oak, Texas persimmons, mountain laurel, native grasses, little bluestem, bushy bluestem, Indian grass, lindheimers muhly. Preserve Nature: use erosion control, create beautiful landscapes where flora, fauna will flourish, all life is preserved

International Water conservation for healthy drinking water, clean ocean water, natural rivers, creeks without pollution. Water conservation with fewer chemicals, better water treatment with riparian areas. Water conservation = balanced climate, without food shortages. Polluted water = higher food prices. Water conservation: affordable, efficient if all conserve. Reduce water waste, water pollution. Humans need healthy drinking water = health benefits. Earth's permanent water cycle provides rain, floods, clouds, mist. B+S+B volunteers reduce water consumption - how to conserve water

soil conservation to secure food supply, drinking water supply. Soil conservation for a balanced climate. Reduce erosion, chemical soil contamination = soil conservation. CO2 levels is in soil, disturbed soil releases greenhouse gases causing climate change

vacation Texas Hill Country: San Antonio - many parks, natural areas, nature preserves, birding, river walk, hiking, biking, all favorites for visitors. Texas Hill Country guided tours

Native Americans lived for thousands years in Texas hunting along creeks + rivers. Arrowheads from different time periods. Get different environmental knowledge in arrowhead shape, arrowhead material

Guided tours on Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve, park + recreational area providing outdoor fun + nature education. B+S+B nature trails + birding trails + educational trails in Texas Hills = active nature conservation. Walking Texas on guided tours. Nature trails + birding trails update nature knowledge. BSBNCG guided tours show endangered species, the endangered bird Golden Cheeked Warbler, native plants, wildflowers, native trees, Texas wildlife. See pristine nature on guided tours, grab bird binoculars, get knowledge about native wildflowers, watch native birds, on educational birding trails

Bear Springs Blossom Nature preserve has twelve nature trails, four birding trails - published in Texas Parks Wildlife Heart of Texas Nature Birding trail map. Nature Center lecture room offers knowledge about nature preserves, about wilderness, conservation trails, geology, what to expect on guided tours - enjoy Texas outdoors, hiking, birding, gaining knowledge with lectures while walking wilderness trails, birding trails

Photos San Antonio TX, southern Texas Hill Country Balcones fault zone. San Antonio Texas, famous river walk, Alamo, missions, San Antonio Texas close to Bear Springs Blossom Nature Preserve

Nature photos Texas Hill Country. Photos of native plants, cacti, native grasses, blossoms pictures, wildflowers photos. Experience beautiful Nature with B+S+B photos, photos, impressions of native plants, common wildflowers, wild flowers conserved by nature conservation

members of international charitable nonprofit organization Bear Springs Blossom Nature conservation protect nature, take action on air pollution, water contamination, erosion control, solve international environmental problems, provide nature education, solutions to pollution, climate change, global warming. Online learning to keep Nature beautiful, to have a better life. Join to protect earth! B+S+B international tackles climate change + global warming. International nature conservation, to conserve endangered species, native wildlife. Changing world climate endangers life. Humans + mammals are on endangered species list - join international nonprofit group, to create a better future for humans on Earth, with healthy food, less floods, less droughts, affordable basic produce

Photos of B+S+B Nature preserve, southern Texas Hill Country, maintained by Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation

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Nature Center Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation: located at B+S+B Nature Preserve, Bandera County, Texas Hill Country. B+S+B Nature Center education: native plants, native trees, native grasses. B+S+B main task: Nature conservation through education, erosion control, land restoration conserving flora, fauna

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B+S+B Mission nonprofit organization Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation, Texas hill Country guided tours, outdoor classes, Earth protection, human protection. Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation takes action for water conservation, environmental recycling issues, preserving natural landscapes, conserve flora, fauna. Mission is Nature conservation through nature education, live sustainable, reduce greenhouse gases

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Native plants
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Lone Star Land Stewards - Peter Bonenberger + Marianne Bonenberger care for Earth's water, Earth's un-polluted air, with active land restoration, securing human future. Nature conservation + preservation explained with Nature education online, using distant learning + lectures, giving advice on environmental issues, how to globally conserve Nature, how to live a sustainable life

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Master Conservationist science curriculum: Main task of B+S+B international Nature conservation school is science based nature education. Bear Springs Blossom Nature conservation's worldwide education programs expand knowledge what happens on Earth, how nature works, recycling, solve global problems like climate change, international air pollution, water contamination, soil erosion

Science educator Marianne Bonenberger + Peter Bonenberger, Master conservationists + Award winners 2010 - category outreach + education. Peter Bonenberger + Marianne Bonenberger give lectures using photos, video clips, nature sounds. Lectures why oceans need protection, lectures why to save rain forests, history lectures, clean air, drinking water, learning from history, geology. College lectures about sustainability, science classes to secure healthy air + water, why to recycle. With Bear Springs Blossom Nature conservation distant learning, online education + master conservationist certificate you become an expert on Nature conservation enabling humans to handle coming global changes

International Nature education is part of Bear Springs Blossom worldwide education program: How does Nature work? Definition Nature education. Learn online how to take action. Online courses explain how to solve global problems: climate change, air pollution, global warming, greenhouse gases, water contamination, soil erosion. Good international online Nature education to understand nature. Nature conservation knowledge prepares for coming environmental changes + challenges

Conservation knowledge solutions: international nature education environmental news, advice, solutions. Bear Springs Blossom Nature conservation's worldwide education program offers understanding, how nature works, why take action, solve global problems: climate change, international air pollution, water contamination, soil erosion. Nature Conservation based on science, sustainability, eco friendly life style Save Earth's environment with reduced pollution

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