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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in East Texas. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Acer barbatum | Southern sugar maple Florida maple Caddo maple Rock maple | |
| Acer leucoderme | Chalk maple | |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Acer rubrum | Red maple Scarlet maple | |
| Aesculus pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem Brushy bluestem | |
| Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge bluestem Broom-sedge | |
| Aralia spinosa | Devil's walkingstick Devil’s walking-stick Prickly Ash Hercules club Angelica tree | |
| Asimina parviflora | Smallflower pawpaw Small-flower pawpaw Dwarf pawpaw | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly milkweed Orange milkweed Pleurisy root | |
| Betula nigra | River birch Red birch | |
| Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats grama | |
| Callicarpa americana | American beautyberry French mulberry | |
| Carpinus caroliniana | American hornbeam Blue beech Musclewood Ironwood | |
| Castilleja indivisa | Entireleaf indian paintbrush Texas paintbrush Indian paintbrush Scarlet paintbrush Entire-leaf indian-paintbrush | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple poppy mallow | |
| Campsis radicans | Trumpet creeper Trumpet vine Common trumpet creeper Cow vine | |
| Catalpa speciosa | Northern catalpa Catawba tree Cigar tree Indian bean | |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey tea Redroot | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland sea oats Indian wood oats Wild oats River oats Flathead oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
| Chionanthus virginicus | White fringetree Fringe tree Grancy Graybeard | |
| Clematis pitcheri | Purple clematis Purple leatherflower Leatherflower Bluebill | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf dogwood Drummond's dogwood Rough-leaf dogwood | |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening rain lily Evening star rain lily | |
| Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood Virginia dogwood | |
| Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf coreopsis Lanceleaf tickseed Lance-leaved coreopsis Sand coreopsis | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains coreopsis Golden tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Crataegus marshallii | Parsley hawthorn | |
| Cyrilla racemiflora | Swamp titi Titi Leatherwood Swamp cyrilla Palo colorado | |
| Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping coneflower Clasping-leaf coneflower | |
| Echinacea pallida | Pale purple coneflower Pale coneflower | |
| Echinacea purpurea | Eastern purple coneflower Purple coneflower | |
| Echinacea sanguinea | Sanguine purple coneflower | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee bean Red cardinal | |
| Euonymus americanus | American strawberry-bush Strawberry bush Brook euonymus Hearts-a-burstin Bursting-heart Wahoo | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas bluebells Texas bluebell Bluebell Showy prairie gentian Prairie gentian | |
| Eubotrys racemosa | Fetter-bush Leucothoe Swamp doghobble Sweet-bells Leucothe Sweetbells | |
| Fagus grandifolia | American beech | |
| Fraxinus americana | White ash | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn Carolina false buckthorn Indian cherry | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash Red ash | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Firewheel Indian Blanket | |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina jessamine Yellow jessamine Evening trumpetflower Poor man's rope | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida | Purple prairie verbena Prairie verbena Dacota vervain Dakota mock vervain Moradilla | |
| Gordonia lasianthus | Gordonia Loblolly bay | |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch hazel American witch hazel | |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp sunflower | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian sunflower Max sunflower | |
| Hibiscus aculeatus | Comfortroot Big thicket hibiscus Pineland hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet rose-mallow Scarlet rosemallow Texas star hibiscus Wild red mallow | |
| Hibiscus laevis | Halberdleaf rosemallow Halberdleaf hibiscus Scarlet rose mallow | |
| Hymenocallis liriosme | Spider Lily Spring Spider Lily Spring spiderlily | |
| Hydrangea quercifolia | Oakleaf hydrangea Oak-leaf hydrangea | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ilex opaca | American holly Christmas holly | |
| Ilex verticillata | Common winterberry Michigan holly Black alder | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing cypress Texas plume Red Texas star Red gilia | |
| Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag iris | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia iris Great Blue Flag | |
| Itea virginica | Virginia sweetspire Tassel-white | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas lantana Calico bush West Indian shrub-verbena | |
| Lindera benzoin | Northern spicebush Spicebush | |
| Liatris elegans | Blazing star Gay feather Pink-scale gayfeather Pinkscale blazing star | |
| Liatris pycnostachya | Prairie Blazing Star Kansas Ggayfeather Cat-tail Gayfeather Hairy Button-snakeroot | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American sweetgum | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lupinus subcarnosus | Sandyland bluebonnet Texas bluebonnet | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas lupine Buffalo clover Wolf-flower | |
| Lyonia mariana | Piedmont staggerbush Staggerbush | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's cap or Turkscap Drummond's turkscap Wax mallow Drummond wax-mallow Red mallow Texas mallow Mexican apple Manzanilla Sleeping hibiscus Bleeding hearts | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern magnolia Evergreen magnolia Bull bay | |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay magnolia Swampbay Swamp magnolia Small magnolia | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax myrtle Southern bayberry Candleberry | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild bergamot Beebalm | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted beebalm Spotted horsemint Horsemint | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Blackgum Black tupelo Sourgum Tupelo Pepperridge | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink evening primrose Showy evening primrose Mexican evening primrose Showy primrose Pink ladies Buttercups Pink buttercups | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Wild foxglove Prairie penstemon Foxglove penstemon False foxglove Large-flowered beardtongue Large-flowered penstemon Prairie beardtongue Cobaea penstemon | |
| Penstemon murrayanus | Scarlet beardtongue Red penstemon Cupleaf beardtongue Cupleaf Penstemon Scarlet Penstemon Beard tongue | |
| Penstemon tenuis | Brazos Penstemon Gulf Coast Penstemon Sharpsepal beardtongue | |
| Physostegia angustifolia | False Dragon-head Narrowleaf false dragonhead | |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild blue phlox Louisiana phlox Blue woodland phlox Sweet william Wild sweet william | |
| Physostegia digitalis | False dragonhead Finger false dragonhead | |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual phlox Phlox Drummond phlox | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy phlox Prairie phlox Fragrant phlox | |
| Physostegia pulchella | Beautiful false dragon-head Showy false dragonhead | |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf pine Yellow pine Spruce pine | |
| Pinus palustris | Longleaf pine Georgia pine | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly pine Old field pine Bull pine Rosemary pine | |
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