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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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| 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 | |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland sea oats Indian wood oats Wild oats River oats Flathead oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
| Chilopsis linearis | Desert willow Flowering willow Willow-leaved catalpa Trumpet flower | |
| Chamaesyce serpens | Matted sandmat Prostrate spurge Creeping spurge | |
| Cicuta maculata | Spotted water hemlock Water-Hemlock Beaver Poison | |
| Clematis drummondii | Drummond's clematis Old man’s beard Texas virgin’s bower Goat’s beard | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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