Explore Plants
Special Collections
Wetland Plants for Central Texas
Central Texas native plants that work well in riparian areas.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo bush False indigo bush False indigo Desert false indigo | |
| Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy bluestem Brushy bluestem | |
| Arisaema dracontium | Green dragon Dragonroot Greendragon | |
| Carex blanda | Eastern woodland sedge Creek sedge Common wood sedge | |
| Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common buttonbush Buttonbush Button willow | |
| Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland sea oats Indian wood oats Wild oats River oats Flathead oats Upland Oats Upland Sea Oats | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue mistflower | |
| Cyperus retroflexus | Oneflower flatsedge | |
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouringrush horsetail | |
| Equisetum laevigatum | Horsetail Smooth horsetail | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee bean Red cardinal | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash Red ash | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimsoneyed rosemallow Crimson-eyed rose-mallow Marshmallow hibiscus | |
| Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag iris | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia iris Great Blue Flag | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia saltmarsh mallow Virginia fen-rose Seashore mallow Salt Marsh-mallow | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Ludwigia peploides | Creeping water-primrose Floating primrose-willow Water-primrose | |
| 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 | |
| Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot water clover Water clover Clover-fern | |
| Maclura pomifera | Osage orange Bois d’ arc Bodark Horse apple Hedge apple | |
| Morus rubra | Red mulberry Moral | |
| Muhlenbergia schreberi | Nimblewill | |
| Nymphaea odorata | American white waterlily American white water-lily Fragrant white water lily White water lily Fragrant water lily White water lily | |
| Physostegia intermedia | Intermediate false dragonhead Marsh obedient-plant Obedient-plant Slender false dragonhead Spring obedient plant | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas frogfruit Turkey tangle fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides | Eastern cottonwood | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican plum Bigtree plum | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Western bracken fern Bracken fern Western bracken Bracken | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer ash Common hoptree Hop tree | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak Burr oak Savannah oak Overcup oak Prairie oak Mossy-cup oak Mossy-overcup oak Blue oak | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac Aromatic sumac Lemon sumac Polecat bush | |
| Sagittaria lancifolia | Bulltongue arrowhead Lanceleaf Arrowhead | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf palmetto Palmetto Bush palmetto | |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common elderberry Black elder Mexican elderberry Common elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
| Schoenoplectus californicus | California bulrush California club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald cypress Baldcypress Common bald cypress Southern bald cypress Deciduous cypress | |
| Tilia americana var. caroliniana | Carolina basswood Small-leaved basswood Downy linden | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
© 2013 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
4801 La Crosse Avenue, Austin, Texas 78739 | 512.232.0100