Cypress Basin Master Gardeners AssociationCBMGA is an educational and volunteer program offered through the A&M AgriLife Extension of the Texas A&M University System.
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Wildflower Expert, Dwayne Estes, Ph.D.
April 18, 2023 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
In the summer of 2005, Dwayne Estes, Ph.D. took a trip to Texas and traveled to Tyler. He visited the site where a specimen of native clematis has been collected decades before. The plants were behind a shuttered gas station near northwest Loop 323. It was in full bloom and Dr. Estes immediately realized that it was “strikingly different” from the common species in Tennessee of which it was identified. With a live specimen for comparison, Dr. Estes published the new species description in the 2006 Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.
