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Remarkable Riparian
A field guide to riparian plants within the Nueces River Basin of Texas. A publication of the Nueces River Authority. This user-friendly guide introduces the most commonly observed riparian vegetation in the Edward's Plateau and Rio Grande Plains. However, most of the plants presented herein occur in riparian areas all across Texas, including the Cross Timbers, Trans-Pecos and Rolling Plains.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Abutilon fruticosum | Indian mallow Texas Indian mallow | |
| Acacia greggii | Catclaw acacia Gregg acacia Long-flower catclaw Una de gato | |
| Acer negundo | Ash-leaf maple Ash-leaved maple Box elder Boxelder Fresno de guajuco | |
| Acalypha phleoides | Shrubby copperleaf Three-seeded mercury | |
| Acacia rigidula | Blackbrush acacia Blackbrush Catclaw Chaparro prieto Gavia | |
| Adiantum capillus-veneris | Southern maidenhair fern Common maidenhair fern Maidenhair fern Venus hair fern | |
| Ambrosia psilostachya | Cuman ragweed Western ragweed Perennial ragweed Common ragweed | |
| Ambrosia trifida var. texana | Giant Ragweed Texan great ragweed | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem Brushy bluestem | |
| Anemia mexicana | Mexican fern Mexican Flowering Fern | |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple three-awn Red threeawn | |
| Bacopa monnieri | Coastal Water-hyssop Herb-of-grace Water hyssop | |
| Baccharis neglecta | False Willow Jara dulce Poverty Weed Roosevelt Weed | |
| Boehmeria cylindrica | Smallspike false nettle Bog Hemp | |
| Bothriochloa laguroides ssp. torreyana | Silver Beard Grass Silver beardgrass Silver Bluestem | |
| Brickellia cylindracea | Brickell-Bush Brickellbush Gravelbar brickellbush | |
| Brickellia dentata | Leafy brickellbush | |
| Catalpa bignonioides | Southern catalpa Cigar tree Indian bean | |
| Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | |
| Calyptocarpus vialis | Straggler daisy Horseherb Hierba del caballo Lawnflower | |
| Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf hackberry Netleaf sugar hackberry Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Palo Blanco Acibuche | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common buttonbush Buttonbush Button willow | |
| Cenchrus spinifex | Coastal sandbur Field Sandspur Southern sandbur Spiny burrgrass | |
| Chloris cucullata | Hooded windmill grass Hooded windmillgrass | |
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