Galveston Bay Invasive Plant Field Guide

This web-based field guide is intended to help homeowners, land managers, and gardening enthusiasts living in the Lower Galveston Bay Watershed to:

Recognize invasive plants
Understand the impacts of these species on people and the surrounding environment
Choose appropriate methods to control established invasives and
Choose native plant alternatives

Every species included in this website has full color photos for ease of identification as well as physical descriptions of the plant, preferred habitats, geographic distribution, reproduction and growth characteristics, pathways of introduction, and native plant alternatives to be found at or requested from home gardening centers.

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There are currently 42 species in the field guide.

Hard Copies

The hard copy, pocket version of THE QUIET INVASION: A Guide to Invasive Plants of the Galveston Bay Area is available. To place an order for this free publication, please contact:

The Galveston Bay Estuary Program
Phone: (281) 218-6461
Email: gbep@tceq.state.tx.us

This guide was developed in part by:

Thank you for your interest in preventing the introduction of invasive plants in the Lower Galveston Bay Watershed. Every citizen can do his or her part to protect Galveston Bay and the surrounding watershed by making good choices when choosing plants for use on private or public lands.

Page Updated/Reviewed: 10/16/2007 7:50 AM

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