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Woodland Plants for Central Texas
Use this list to create a Woodland Garden that abstracts the visual patterns found within woodland ecosystems in Central Texas.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Achillea millefolium | Common yarrow Yarrow Milfoil Western yarrow | |
| Aesculus pavia | Scarlet Buckeye Red buckeye Firecracker plant | |
| Ageratina havanensis | Havana snakeroot Mistflower Shrubby boneset White mistflower White shrub mistflower | |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern red columbine Wild red columbine | |
| Callicarpa americana | American beautyberry French mulberry | |
| Carex cherokeensis | Cherokee sedge | |
| Carex perdentata | Meadow Sedge Sand sedge | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas redbud | |
| Celtis laevigata | Sugar hackberry Hackberry Sugarberry Texas sugarberry Palo blanco | |
| Clematis texensis | Scarlet clematis Scarlet leatherflower Texas clematis | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf dogwood Drummond's dogwood Rough-leaf dogwood | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas persimmon Mexican persimmon Black persimmon Chapote Chapote prieto | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas kidneywood Kidneywood Bee-Brush Vara dulce | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Stretchberry Elbow bush Spring herald | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina buckthorn Carolina false buckthorn Indian cherry | |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green ash Red ash | |
| Fraxinus texensis | Texas ash | |
| Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's silktassel Lindheimer Silk Tassel Lindheimer's Garrya | |
| Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Winterberry Deciduous yaupon | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon holly Cassina | |
| 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 | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate barberry | |
| Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's shoestring Devil’s-shoestring Ribbon grass | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Packera obovata | Golden groundsel Roundleaf groundsel Roundleaf ragwort Squawweed | |
| Phacelia congesta | Blue curls Caterpillars Fiddleneck | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican plum Bigtree plum | |
| Prunus serotina var. eximia | Escarpment black cherry Edwards Plateau black cherry | |
| Ptelea trifoliata ssp. trifoliata | Baldwin hop-tree Common hoptree | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas red oak Buckley oak Spanish oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus laceyi | Lacey oak Texas blue oak Canyon oak Smoky oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak Chinquapin oak Chestnut oak Yellow chestnut oak Yellow oak Rock chestnut oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus sinuata var. breviloba | White shin oak Bigelow oak Scaly-bark oak Limestone Durand oak Shortlobe oak Bastard oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal live oak Southern live oak Live oak | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac Aromatic sumac Lemon sumac Polecat bush | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen sumac Tobacco sumac | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge plant Baby peppers | |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican buckeye | |
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