Association of Biodiversity Information - Southwest


 This web site is under construction.  Its purpose is to disseminate and gather information on elements of biodiversity in order to further the conservation of these elements.  The geographic focus of this effort will be Texas, and adjacent states of the U. S. and Mexico.

bullet Waterbird Watch - a page dedicated to collecting information on waterbirds, shorebirds, and seabirds at specific sites within Texas.
bullet Colonial Waterbird Survey Form - a page dedicated to collecting information from the official surveys performed by the Texas Colonial Waterbird Society.
bullet Wintering Piping Plover Page - a page dedicated to providing information regarding Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) with emphasis on the species on its wintering grounds.
bullet Natural Vegetation Types of Texas and Their Representation in Conservation Areas by David Bezanson
bullet Texas Plants
bullet PDF from The Nature Conservancy web site: Annotated List of the G3/T3 and Rare Plant Taxa of Texas
bullet See other info from the Texas Natural History Survey page at The Nature Conservancy web site.
bullet Tamaulipan Thornscrub
bullet A map of the ecoregion
bullet Rare Plants of the Tamaulipan Thornscrub Ecoregion
bullet Link to the Plants of the South Texas Sand Sheet webpage
bullet Link to the Native Plants of South Texas webpage
bullet A key to the Manfreda species of the Rio Grande Valley.
bullet The subset {pdf format} of the National Vegetation Classification dealing with the ecoregion
bullet A draft list {pdf format} of animals of conservation concern