Texas Plant Information Database
TPID Acknowledgments
Author: The original idea for the Texas Plant Identification Database came from Dr. Ray C. Telfair II. Dr. Telfair developed the attributes, provided data for most of the plants, and conducted editing and quality control. Without his extensive knowledge of plants and their ecological value this database would not have been developed.
Texas Plant Identification Database is the product of contributions from many people with different areas of expertise, both from within the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and outside the agency.
Technical Expertise:
Debbie Borrego
Kathy Boydston
Jonathan Crain
Duane German
Kim Ludeke
Don McCarty
Bryan Richards
Chris Sanchez
Texas Tech University interns
TPWD interns
Biological Expertise:
Dr. John Cairns, Jr., Virginia Tech University
Dr. David D. Diamond
Carl Fentress
Roy Frye
Patricia A. Head
Tom Heger
Jackie Poole
David H. Riskind
Dr. William J. Sheffield
Dr. Ray C. Telfair II
Initial Database Design:
Jack Bauer
Sterling Information Systems
Financial Support:
Mike Berger, Ph.D., Wildlife Division Director
Vernon Bevill, Program Director
Robert W. Spain and the Resource Protection Division
Additional Support:
Jane Connelly of Connelly and Associates is the developer who took all the
pieces of the database and put them together to make it work.