Texas

===Wildlife===
{{see also|List of mammals of Texas|List of birds of Texas|List of reptiles of Texas|List of amphibians of Texas}}
Texas is the home to 65 species of mammals, 213 species of reptiles and amphibians, including the [[American green tree frog]], and the greatest diversity of bird life in the United States—590 native species in all.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wildtexas.com/wildguides/ |title=Texas Wildlife Identification & Viewing Guide |website=Wildtexas.com |date=December 3, 2010 |access-date=April 18, 2013 |archive-date=May 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524001544/http://www.wildtexas.com/wildguides/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> At least 12 species have been introduced and now reproduce freely in Texas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/txmammal.htm |title=Texas Mammals |website=The Mammals of Texas—Online Edition |publisher=Natural Science Research Laboratory—Museum of Texas Tech University |access-date=April 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508130445/http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/txmammal.htm |archive-date=May 8, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Texas plays host to several species of [[wasp]]s, including an abundance of ''[[Polistes exclamans]]'',<ref name="Range Extension">{{cite journal |first=Mary Jane |last=West |year=1968 |title=Range Extension and Solitary nest founding in Polistes Exclamans |journal=[[Psyche (entomological journal)|Psyche]] |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=118–123 |doi=10.1155/1968/49846|doi-access=free }}</ref> and is an important ground for the study of ''[[Polistes annularis]]''.<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Nacko|first=Scott|date=May 2017|title=Occurrence and Phenology of Polistine Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Southern Louisiana|type=MS thesis |publisher=Louisiana State University |url=https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5594&context=gradschool_theses|access-date=December 28, 2020 |doi=10.31390/gradschool_theses.4593 |via=LSU Digital Commons|doi-access=free}}</ref>

During the spring Texas [[wildflowers]] such as the state flower, the [[Lupinus texensis|bluebonnet]], line highways throughout Texas. During the Johnson Administration the first lady, [[Lady Bird Johnson]], worked to draw attention to Texas wildflowers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lady Bird Johnson's I-95 Landscape-Landmark Tour – Highway History – FHWA – General Highway History – Highway History – Federal Highway Administration|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/ladybird.cfm|access-date=December 28, 2020|website=fhwa.dot.gov}}</ref>