Post Oak SavannahThe Post Oak Savannah lies just to the west of the Pineywoods and mixes considerably with the Blackland Prairies area in the south. This area includes the entire Claypan land resource area of Texas, which is part of the Southern Coastal Plains. The Post Oak Savannah, a gently rolling, moderately dissected wooded plain, is the home biota of Texas A&M University. Upland soils are gray, slightly acid sandy loams, commonly shallow over gray, mottled or red, firm clayey subsoils. They are generally droughty and have claypans at varying depths, restricting moisture percolation. The bottomland soils are reddish brown to dark gray, slightly acid to calcareous, loamy to clayey alluvial. |
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Abronia fragrans Fragrant verbena, Sand verbena, Snowball, Snowball sand verbena, Sweet sand-verbena |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Acer negundo Ash-leaf maple, Ash-leaved maple, Box elder, Boxelder, Fresno de guajuco |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Acer rubrum var. drummondii Drummond's maple, Drummond red maple, Swamp maple |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Achillea millefolium Common yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil, Western yarrow |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Aesculus glabra var. arguta Ohio buckeye, White buckeye, Texas buckeye |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Aesculus pavia var. flavescens Texas yellow buckeye, Yellow woolly buckeye, Pale buckeye, Plateau yellow buckeye |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Aesculus pavia var. pavia Scarlet buckeye, Red buckeye, Southern buckeye, Firecracker plant |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Allium canadense var. canadense Canada onion, Meadow garlic, Wild onion |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Allium canadense var. mobilense Meadow garlic, Wild onion |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Allium coryi Yellow-flowered onion, Yellowflower onion |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Allium drummondii Drummond's onion, Wild Garlic, Drummond wild onion |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Alophia drummondii Propeller flower, Purple pleat-leaf, Pinewoods lily, Prairie iris, Pleatleaf iris |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Aloysia gratissima Whitebrush, Bee-brush, White-brush, Common bee-brush, Beebrush, Privet lippia |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Amorpha fruticosa Indigo bush, False indigo bush, False indigo, Desert false indigo |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Ampelopsis arborea Peppervine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Ampelopsis cordata Heartleaf peppervine, Heart-leaf ampelopsis |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Amsonia illustris Ozark bluestar, Showy blue-star, Missouri blue star, Swamp bluestar |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Andropogon gerardii Big bluestem, Turkeyfoot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Andropogon glomeratus Bushy bluestem, Brushy bluestem |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist |
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Andropogon ternarius Splitbeard bluestem |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Andropogon virginicus Broomsedge bluestem, Broom-sedge |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Aphanostephus skirrhobasis Lazy daisy, Arkansas lazy daisy, Arkansas dozedaisy |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Aristolochia serpentaria Virginia snakeroot, Virginia dutchmanspipe |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade Water: Dry |
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Aristolochia tomentosa Woolly dutchman's pipe, Common dutchmanspipe |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Asimina triloba Pawpaw, Common paw paw, Indian banana |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Asplenium platyneuron Ebony spleenwort |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Astragalus crassicarpus Groundplum milkvetch, Ground plum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Athyrium filix-femina ssp. asplenioides Southern lady fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Baccharis halimifolia Groundseltree, Sea-myrtle, Consumptionweed, Eastern baccharis, Groundsel, Groundsel bush, Salt marsh-elder, Salt bush, Florida groundsel bush |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Baccharis neglecta False Willow, Jara dulce, Poverty Weed, Roosevelt Weed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Bothriochloa saccharoides Silver bluestem, Longspike silver bluestem |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Bouteloua curtipendula Sideoats grama |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Bouteloua dactyloides Buffalograss, Buffalo grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Bouteloua hirsuta Hairy grama |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Bouteloua rigidiseta Texas grama |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Callirhoe involucrata Winecup, Purple poppy mallow |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Calylophus berlandieri ssp. pinifolius Berlandier's sundrops, Square-bud primrose, Sundrops, Square-bud day-primrose |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Calylophus hartwegii Hartweg's sundrops, Western Primrose |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Camassia scilloides Atlantic camas, Wild hyacinth |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Campsis radicans Trumpet creeper, Trumpet vine, Common trumpet creeper, Cow vine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Carya illinoinensis Pecan |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Carya texana Black hickory |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Castilleja indivisa Entireleaf indian paintbrush, Texas paintbrush, Indian paintbrush, Scarlet paintbrush, Entire-leaf indian-paintbrush |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea, Redroot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Celtis laevigata Sugar hackberry, Hackberry, Sugarberry, Texas sugarberry, Palo blanco |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Centaurea americana American star-thistle, Basket-Flower, Star thistle, Shaving brush, American basket-flower |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Cephalanthus occidentalis Common buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button willow |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Cercis canadensis var. canadensis Eastern redbud |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Cercis canadensis var. texensis Texas redbud |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Chamaecrista fasciculata Partridge pea, Sleepingplant, Sensitive plant |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Chloris cucullata Hooded windmill grass, Hooded windmillgrass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Chloris virgata Feather fingergrass, Showy chloris |
Duration: Annual Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Cirsium texanum Texas thistle |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Clematis crispa Swamp leatherflower, Curly clematis, Blue jasmine, Curlflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Clematis drummondii Drummond's clematis, Old man’s beard, Texas virgin’s bower, Goat’s beard |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Clematis pitcheri Purple clematis, Purple leatherflower, Leatherflower, Bluebill |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Cocculus carolinus Carolina snailseed, Carolina coralbead, Carolina moonseed, Red berried moonseed, Carolina red berried moonseed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Cooperia drummondii Evening rain lily, Evening star rain lily |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Cooperia pedunculata Hill Country rain lily, Prairie lily, Rain lily |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Coreopsis tinctoria Plains coreopsis, Golden tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Cornus drummondii Roughleaf dogwood, Drummond's dogwood, Rough-leaf dogwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Cornus florida Flowering dogwood, Virginia dogwood |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Crataegus crus-galli Cockspur hawthorn, Cockspur thorn, Newcastle hawthorn, Newcastle thorn |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Crataegus viridis Green hawthorn, Southern thorn |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Crinum americanum Crinum lily, Seven sisters, Swamp lily, Southern swamp lily, String lily |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Datura wrightii Sacred thorn-apple, Jimsonweed, Thorn apple, Datura, Angel Trumpet, Sacred datura |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Delphinium carolinianum Carolina larkspur, Blue larkspur, Prairie larkspur, Espuela del caballero |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Delphinium carolinianum ssp. vimineum Carolina larkspur, Prairie larkspur |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Desmanthus illinoensis Illinois bundleflower, Bundleflower, Prairie bundle flower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus, Prairie mimosa |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Diospyros virginiana Common persimmon, Eastern persimmon |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Dracopis amplexicaulis Clasping coneflower, Clasping-leaf coneflower |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Echinacea pallida Pale purple coneflower, Pale coneflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Echinacea purpurea Eastern purple coneflower, Purple coneflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Elymus canadensis Canada wild rye, Canadian wildrye, Prairie wildrye, Nodding wildrye |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Epipactis gigantea Chatterbox Orchid, Giant Hellebore, Stream orchid |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Eragrostis intermedia Plains lovegrass, Plains Lovegrass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Eragrostis spectabilis Purple lovegrass, Purple love grass, Purple plains lovegrass, Tumblegrass, Petticoat climber |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Eriogonum annuum Annual buckwheat, Wild Buckwheat |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Eriogonum multiflorum Wild buckwheat, Heartsepal buckwheat, Heart-sepal wild buckwheat |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Eryngium leavenworthii Leavenworth's eryngo, Eryngo |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Eryngium yuccifolium Button eryngo, Button snakeroot, Rattlesnake master, Beargrass, Bear's grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Erythrina herbacea Coralbean, Cherokee bean, Red cardinal |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Eupatorium serotinum Lateflowering thoroughwort, White boneset, Late boneset, Late-flowering boneset |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Euphorbia cyathophora Wild Poinsettia, Poinsettia, Fire on the Mountain |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Euphorbia marginata Snow on the mountain, Snow-on-the-mountain |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Fraxinus americana White ash |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green ash, Red ash |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Gaillardia pulchella Firewheel, Indian Blanket |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Gaura lindheimeri Lindheimer's beeblossom, White gaura, Butterfly gaura |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Geum canadense White avens |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida Prairie verbena, Purple prairie verbena, Dakota mock vervain, Dakota vervain |
Duration: Annual, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Glandularia canadensis Rose vervain, Sweet william, Rose mock vervain |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Gleditsia triacanthos Honey locust, Common Honey-locust, Honey-locust, Thornless common honey-locust, Honey shucks |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Hamamelis virginiana Witch hazel, American witch hazel |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Helenium amarum Yellow Sneezeweed, Bitterweed, Yellow bitterweed, Yellowdicks, Slender-leaved sneezeweed, Fine-leaved sneezweed, Yellow dog-fennel |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Helianthus angustifolius Swamp sunflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Helianthus maximiliani Maximilian sunflower, Max sunflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Heliotropium curassavicum Salt heliotrope, Seaside heliotrope, Quail plant, Cola de mico |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Heliotropium tenellum Pasture heliotrope, White heliotrope |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Hibiscus aculeatus Comfortroot, Big thicket hibiscus, Pineland hibiscus |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Hibiscus coccineus Scarlet rose-mallow, Scarlet rosemallow, Texas star hibiscus, Wild red mallow |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet |
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Hibiscus laevis Halberdleaf rosemallow, Halberdleaf hibiscus, Scarlet rose mallow |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf hydrangea, Oak-leaf hydrangea |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade Water: Moist |
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Hydrolea ovata Blue Water Leaf, Hairy Hydrolea, Ovate false fiddleleaf |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Hymenocallis liriosme Spider Lily, Spring Spider Lily, Spring spiderlily |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Hymenopappus artemisiifolius Old plainsman, Oldplainsman, Woolly-white |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Ibervillea lindheimeri Lindheimer's globeberry, Balsam gourd, Globe berry, Snake apple |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Ilex decidua Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Winterberry, Deciduous yaupon |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Ilex opaca American holly, Christmas holly |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Dry |
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Ilex vomitoria Yaupon, Yaupon holly, Cassina |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Ipomopsis rubra Standing cypress, Texas plume, Red Texas star, Red gilia |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Juglans nigra Black walnut, Eastern black walnut |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Justicia americana American water-willow, Water-willow |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Liatris elegans Blazing star, Gay feather, Pink-scale gayfeather, Pinkscale blazing star |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Liatris mucronata Cusp gayfeather, Gayfeather, Blazing star, Narrow-leaf gayfeather, Texas gayfeather, Cusp blazing star |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star, Kansas Gayfeather, Cat-tail Gayfeather, Hairy Button-snakeroot |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Lindera benzoin Northern spicebush, Spicebush |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Lindheimera texana Texas yellowstar, Texas star, Lindheimer daisy, Texas yellow star |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Linum hudsonioides Hudson Flax, Texas flax, Yellow Flax |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum, American sweetgum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Lithospermum incisum Narrowleaf stoneseed, Puccoon, Fringed puccoon, Narrowleaf gromwell, Fringed gromwell, Narrow-leaved puccoon |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal flower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Lonicera sempervirens Coral honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Woodbine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Lupinus subcarnosus Sandyland bluebonnet, Texas bluebonnet |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: |
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Lupinus texensis Texas bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas lupine, Buffalo clover, Wolf-flower |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Maclura pomifera Osage orange, Bois d’ arc, Bodark, Horse apple, Hedge apple |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Marshallia caespitosa Barbara's-buttons, Puffballs, White Barbara’s-buttons |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Marsilea macropoda Bigfoot water clover, Water clover, Clover-fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Maurandella antirrhiniflora Snapdragon Vine, Roving sailor, Climbing snapdragon, Little snapdragon vine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Monarda citriodora Lemon beebalm, Horsemint, Purple horsemint, Lemon mint, Plains horsemint, Lemon horsemint |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Morus rubra Red mulberry, Moral |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Muhlenbergia capillaris Gulf muhly, Hair-awn muhly, Hairy-awn muhly, Hair grass, Pink muhly |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Nelumbo lutea American lotus, Yellow water lotus, Yellow lotus |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet |
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Nemastylis geminiflora Prairie celestials, Celestials, Prairie pleatleaf |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Nemophila phacelioides Baby blue-eyes, Flannel breeches, Large-flower baby-blue-eyes, Largeflower baby blue eyes, Texas baby blue eyes |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Nuphar lutea Yellow pond-lily, Cow lily, Spatter dock, Yellow cow lily |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Nuphar lutea ssp. advena Common spatterdock, Yellow cow lily, Yellow pond lily, Spatterdock |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Wet |
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Nuttallanthus texanus Texas Toad-Flax, Texas toadflax, Toadflax |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Nymphaea odorata American white waterlily, American white water-lily, Fragrant white water lily, White water lily, Fragrant water lily, White water lily |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Oenothera rhombipetala Diamond petal primrose, Four-Point Evening Primrose, Fourpoint evening-primrose, Greater four-point evening-primrose |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Oenothera speciosa Pink evening primrose, Showy evening primrose, Mexican evening primrose, Showy primrose, Pink ladies, Buttercups, Pink buttercups |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive fern, Bead fern, Sympathy fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii Cactus apple, Prickly pear |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Opuntia macrorhiza Common prickly-pear, Plains prickly pear, Prickly Pear, Twist-spine prickly-pear, Twistspine pricklypear |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Cactus/Succulent Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Osmunda regalis Royal fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Oxalis stricta Common yellow oxalis, Yellow Wood-sorrel |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Palafoxia callosa Small palafox, Small palafoxia |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Palafoxia rosea Rosy palafox, Rose palafoxia |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Palafoxia sphacelata Othake, Sand palafoxia |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water: Dry |
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Panicum virgatum Switchgrass, Wand panic grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Parkinsonia aculeata Retama, Paloverde, Mexican Palo Verde, Jerusalem thorn, Lluvia de Oro |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Paspalum floridanum Florida paspalum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Paspalum plicatulum Brownseed paspalum, Brownseed paspale |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Passiflora incarnata Purple passionflower, Purple passion vine, Maypop, Apricot vine |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Passiflora lutea Yellow passion vine, Yellow passion-flower, Yellow passionflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Peltandra virginica Green arrow arum, Tuckahoe, Arrow arum, Green arrow-arum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Penstemon cobaea Wild foxglove, Prairie penstemon, Foxglove penstemon, False foxglove, Large-flowered beardtongue, Large-flowered penstemon, Prairie beardtongue, Cobaea penstemon |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Phacelia patuliflora Blue Phacelia, Sand phacelia, Sand Scorpion-weed |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Phlox drummondii Annual phlox, Phlox, Drummond phlox |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Phlox drummondii ssp. mcallisteri McAllister's phlox, Drummond phlox |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water: |
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Phlox pilosa Downy phlox, Prairie phlox, Fragrant phlox |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Phlox pilosa ssp. pilosa Downy phlox, Fragrant phlox, Prairie Phlox |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Phlox roemeriana Goldeneye phlox, Golden-eye Phlox |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Physostegia angustifolia False Dragon-head, Narrowleaf false dragonhead |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Water: |
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Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa Fall obedient plant, False dragonhead, Lionheart, Obedient plant |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Platanus occidentalis American sycamore, Buttonwood, Plane-tree, Sycamore |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Poa arachnifera Texas bluegrass, Texas blue grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Polygala alba White milkwort |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Polygonatum biflorum Smooth Solomon's seal, Great Solomon’s-seal, Sealwort |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed, Pickerel Weed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Populus deltoides Eastern cottonwood, Alamo, Carolina poplar, Necklace Poplar |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Proboscidea louisianica Devil's claw, Ram's horn, Unicorn plant, Proboscis flower |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Prosopis glandulosa Honey mesquite |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Prunus angustifolia Chickasaw plum, Sandhill plum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Prunus gracilis Oklahoma plum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Prunus mexicana Mexican plum, Bigtree plum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Prunus rivularis Creek plum, Hog plum, River plum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Prunus serotina Black cherry, Rum cherry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Prunus virginiana Chokecherry, Common chokecherry, Choke cherry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Ptelea trifoliata Wafer ash, Common hoptree, Hop tree |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum Bracken fern, Bracken, Western bracken fern, Western bracken |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Quercus incana Bluejack oak, Sandjack oak, Upland willow oak, Cinnamon oak, Shin oak, Turkey oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub, Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Quercus macrocarpa Bur oak, Burr oak, Savannah oak, Overcup oak, Prairie oak, Mossy-cup oak, Mossy-overcup oak, Blue oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist, Dry |
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Quercus marilandica Blackjack oak, Barren oak, Black oak, Jack oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Quercus nigra Water oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Quercus shumardii Shumard oak, Shumard's oak, Shumard red oak, Southern red oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Quercus sinuata var. breviloba White shin oak, Bigelow oak, Scaly-bark oak, Limestone Durand oak, Shortlobe oak, Bastard oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Quercus stellata Post oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Quercus virginiana Coastal live oak, Southern live oak, Live oak |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Ranunculus macranthus Large buttercup |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Ratibida columnifera Mexican hat, Prairie coneflower, Upright prairie coneflower, Red-spike mexican-hat, Long-headed coneflower, Thimbleflower |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist, Dry |
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Rhexia mariana Maryland meadowbeauty, Maryland meadow-beauty, Meadow beauty |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Rhus aromatica Fragrant sumac, Aromatic sumac, Lemon sumac, Polecat bush |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Rhus glabra Smooth sumac |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Rivina humilis Pigeonberry, Rouge plant, Baby peppers |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Rubus trivialis Dewberry, Southern dewberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan, Common black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Ruellia humilis Fringeleaf wild petunia, Hairy ruellia, Low wild Petunia, Low ruellia |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Ruellia nudiflora Violet ruellia, Common wild petunia, Violet wild petunia, Wild petunia |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Sabal minor Dwarf palmetto, Palmetto, Bush palmetto |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Sabatia campestris Texas star, Rose gentian, Meadow pink, Prairie rose-gentian, Prairie sabatia |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Saccharum giganteum Sugarcane plumegrass, Giant plume grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet, Moist |
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Sagittaria latifolia Broadleaf arrowhead, Arrowhead, Duckroot, Duck-potato, Wapato |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Sagittaria platyphylla Delta arrowhead |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Salvia azurea Pitcher sage, Big blue sage, Azure sage, Giant blue sage, Blue sage |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Salvia coccinea Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood sage |
Duration: Annual, Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Salvia farinacea Mealy blue sage, Mealy sage, Mealycup sage |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Salvia lyrata Lyreleaf sage, Cancer weed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Sarracenia alata Yellow trumpets, Yellow pitcher plant, Yellow trumpet, Flycatcher, Trumpet pitcher plant |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Water: Wet |
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Sassafras albidum Sassafras |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Saururus cernuus Lizard's tail, Lizard's-tail, Breast weed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Schizachyrium scoparium Little bluestem |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Setaria parviflora Marsh bristlegrass, Knotroot bristlegrass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Silphium gracile Slender rosinweed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Sisyrinchium langloisii Roadside blue-eyed grass, Dotted blue-eyed grass, Southern blue-eyed grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Sisyrinchium sagittiferum Blue-eyed grass, Spearbract blue-eyed grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Solanum elaeagnifolium Silverleaf nightshade, Silver-leaf nightshade, White horse nettle, Trompillo, Tomato weed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Solidago altissima Tall Goldenrod, Late goldenrod, Canadian goldenrod, Canada goldenrod |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Solidago canadensis Canada goldenrod, Canadian goldenrod, Tall goldenrod, Giant goldenrod |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Sorghastrum nutans Indiangrass, Yellow indian grass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Spartina spartinae Gulf cordgrass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Wet |
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Spigelia marilandica Woodland pinkroot, Pinkroot, Indian pink, Spigelia |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Sporobolus compositus var. compositus Composite dropseed, Tall dropseed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Moist |
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Sporobolus cryptandrus Sand dropseed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Coralberry, Indian currant, Buckbrush |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Symphyotrichum subulatum Baby's breath aster, Annual Aster, Eastern annual saltmarsh aster, Blackland aster, Hierba del Marrano |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Tetraneuris scaposa Four-nerve daisy, Hymenoxys, Stemmy four-nerve daisy, Yellow daisy, Bitterweed |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Thalia dealbata Powdery alligator-flag, Powdery thalia, Water canna |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet |
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Thalictrum dasycarpum Purple meadow-rue, Meadow rue, Tall meadow-rue |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Thelypteris kunthii Wood fern, River fern, Southern shield fern, Kunth's maiden fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Tradescantia gigantea Giant spiderwort |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Tradescantia occidentalis Prairie spiderwort, Western Spiderwort, Spiderwort |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Tradescantia ohiensis Bluejacket, Ohio spiderwort |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Tridens albescens White tridens, White Top |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Tridens flavus Purpletop tridens, Redtop tridens, Tall redtop tridens, Purpletop, Redtop, Tall redtop |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Triodanis perfoliata Clasping Venus' looking-glass |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Shade Water: Dry |
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Triplasis purpurea Purple sandgrass, Purple triplasis |
Duration: Annual Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Tripsacum dactyloides Eastern gamagrass |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Grass/Grass-like Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Ulmus alata Winged elm, Wahoo |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Ulmus americana American elm, White elm |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Ulmus crassifolia Cedar elm, Fall elm, Olmo |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Utricularia radiata Floating bladderwort, Little floating bladderwort |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Water: Wet |
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Vaccinium arboreum Farkleberry, Tree sparkleberry, Sparkleberry |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Verbena halei Slender verbena, Texas verbena, Texas vervain |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Shrub Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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Verbesina virginica Frostweed, White crownbeard, Iceplant, Iceweed, Virginia crownbeard, Indian tobacco, Richweed, Squawweed |
Duration: Biennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist, Dry |
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Viburnum rufidulum Rusty blackhaw viburnum, Rusty blackhaw, Southern blackhaw, Downy viburnum |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Viola walteri Walter’s violet, Prostrate blue violet |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Vitis cinerea var. helleri Winter grape, Heller's grape, Gray-leaf grape, Smooth-leaf grape, Sweet grape, Spanish grape |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Vitis mustangensis Mustang grape |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Wisteria frutescens American wisteria, Texas wisteria, Kentucky wisteria |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Vine Light: Sun, Shade, Part-shade Water: Moist |
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Woodwardia areolata Netted chainfern, Chain fern, Netted chain fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Shade, Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Woodwardia virginica Virginia chainfern, Virginia chain fern |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Herb, Fern Light: Part-shade Water: Wet, Moist |
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Xanthisma texanum ssp. drummondii Drummond's sleepydaisy, Sleepy-Daisy |
Duration: Annual Habit: Herb Light: Part-shade Water: Dry |
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Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Hercules' club |
Duration: Perennial Habit: Tree Light: Sun Water: Dry |
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