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Sibley Nature Center
The Sibley Nature Center celebrates the southern Llano Estacado and the region surrounding it within 150 miles. Through programs given at its site of 49 acres in Hogan Park in Midland, Texas, and at schools, meeting rooms, ranches, and personal homes through out the region, the Sibley Nature Center seeks to encourage the region’s citizens to be knowledgeable about the flora, fauna, and history of the region.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Juncus interior | Inland Rush | |
| Juglans microcarpa | Little Walnut Texas Walnut Texas Black Walnut River Walnut Nogalito Nogalillo Namboca | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
| Kallstroemia parviflora | Warty Caltrop Small-flowered Carpetweed | |
| Krameria lanceolata | Trailing Krameria Ratany Crameria Prairie Sandbur Trailing Ratany | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple Sage Texas Ranger Texas Barometer Bush Texas Silverleaf Texas Sage Silverleaf | |
| Lesquerella gordonii | Gordon's Bladderpod | |
| Lepidium oblongum | Veiny Pepperweed | |
| Lepidium virginicum | Virginia Peppergrass Virginia Pepperweed Peppergrass Poor Man's Pepper | |
| Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon Golden Puccoon Narrowleaf Puccoon Narrow-leaved Puccoon Puccoon Narrowleaf Gromwell Fringed Gromwell Narrowleaf Stoneseed | |
| Linum pratense | Meadow Flax | |
| Linum rigidum | Stiffstem Flax Large-flower Yellow Flax Yellow Flax | |
| Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet Bluebonnet Texas Lupine Buffalo Clover Wolf Flower | |
| Lygodesmia texana | Texas Skeleton Plant Texas Skeleton Weed Skeleton-plant Purple Dandelion Flowering Straw | |
| Machaeranthera pinnatifida | Lacy Tansyaster Yellow Spiny Daisy | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Mentzelia strictissima | Grassland Blazingstar | |
| Mimosa dysocarpa | Velvetpod Mimosa Velvet-pod Mimosa Gatuno | |
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrowleaf Four O'Clock | |
| Monarda pectinata | Pony Beebalm | |
| Muhlenbergia porteri | Bush Muhly | |
| Nama hispidum | Sand Bells Bristly Nama Sand-bell | |
| Nothoscordum bivalve | Crowpoison False Garlic Crow Poison | |
| Nolina erumpens | Foothill Beargrass Mesa Sacahuista | |
| Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista Texas Beargrass Basket Grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass Texas Bear-grass | |
| Nyctaginia capitata | Devil's Bouquet Scarlet Muskflower | |
| Oenothera albicaulis | Whitest Evening-primrose White-stem Evening-primrose Pale Evening-primrose | |
| Oenothera calcicola | Texas Beeblossom Limestone Gaura | |
| Oenothera grandis | Showy Evening-primrose Largeflower Eveningprimrose Showy Eveningprimrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Oenothera suffrutescens | Scarlet Beeblossom Scarlet Gaura | |
| Panicum capillare | Witchgrass | |
| Panicum hallii | Hall's Panicgrass Hall's Panic Grass | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose Rose Pavonia Rose Mallow Pavonia | |
| Panicum obtusum | Vine Mesquite | |
| Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake Sand Palafoxia | |
| Pectis angustifolia | Limoncillo Lemonscent Crownseed Pectis Lemon-scented Pectis Lemonscent Pectis Lemonweed Chinchweed Fetid Marigold | |
| Penstemon fendleri | Fendler's Penstemon Fendler's Beardtongue Fendler Penstemon Fendler Beardtongue Purple Foxglove | |
| Phlox drummondii | Annual Phlox Drummond Phlox Pride-of-Texas Texas Pride | |
| Phacelia integrifolia | Gypsum Phacelia Gyp Blue-curls | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Physalis viscosa | Starhair Groundcherry Yellow Ground Cherry | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
| Pinus edulis | Colorado Pinyon Pine Colorado Pinyon Pinyon Pine Pinyon Two-needle Pine Two-needle Pinyon Two-leaf Pinyon Nut Pine Pino Dulce | |
| Plantago patagonica | Woolly Plantain Bristle-bract Plantain | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Proboscidea parviflora | Doubleclaw Devil's Claw | |
| Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
| Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
| Quercus texana | Nuttall Oak Texas Oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | |
| Rumex hymenosepalus | Canaigre Dock Canaigre Desert Rhubarb | |
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Selinocarpus diffusus | Spreading Moonpod | |
| Setaria leucopila | Streambed Bristlegrass Plains Bristlegrass | |
| Senna wislizeni | Canyon Senna Shrubby Senna Dwarf Senna Wislizenus's Senna Wislizenus's Wild Sensitive-plant Carrozo Pinacate Palo Prieto Pinacatillo Hojasén Ejotillo | |
| Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Silene Sleepy Catchfly | |
| Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. lanuginosum | Gum Bully Gum Elastic Chittamwood Gum Bumelia | |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur Buffalo Bur Nightshade Buffalobur Nightshade | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua | Desert Globemallow Apricot Globe-mallow Desert Mallow Globe Mallow Apricot Mallow | |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow | |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea | Scarlet Globemallow Caliche Globemallow | |
| Sporobolus flexuosus | Mesa Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus giganteus | Giant Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus wrightii | Big Sacaton Sacaton Alkali Sacaton | |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian Currant Buckbrush | |
| Tetraclea coulteri | Coulter's Wrinklefruit | |
| Teucrium laciniatum | Lacy Germander Cut-leaf Germander Dwarf Germander | |
| Tecoma stans | Yellow Bells Yellowbells Esperanza Yellow Trumpetbush Yellow Trumpetflower Trumpetbush Trumpetflower Yellow Elder Hardy Yellow Trumpet Yellow Trumpet Bush | |
| Thelesperma filifolium | Stiff Greenthread Greenthread | |
| Tidestromia lanuginosa | Woolly Tidestromia | |
| Tridens albescens | White Tridens White Top | |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
| Triodanis perfoliata | Clasping Venus's Looking-glass | |
| Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail Common Cattail | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye Monilla | |
| Vauquelinia californica | Arizona Rosewood Arizona-rosewood | |
| Verbena bracteata | Bigbract Verbena Carpet Vervain Prostrate Vervain | |
| Verbesina encelioides | Cowpen Daisy Golden Crownbeard Butter Daisy | |
| Verbesina nana | Dwarf Crownbeard | |
| Viguiera stenoloba | Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye Resinbush | |
| Xanthium strumarium | Rough Cocklebur | |
| Xanthisma texanum | Texas Sleepy Daisy Yellow Sleepy Daisy Star of Texas Texas Sleepy-daisy Texas Sleepydaisy | |
| Yucca campestris | Plains Yucca | |
| Yucca constricta | Buckley Yucca Buckley's Yucca | |
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