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Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in East Texas. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple Indian apple Wild mandrake Pomme de mai Podophylle pelt | |
| Prunus caroliniana | Cherry laurel Carolina cherry laurel Laurel cherry Carolina laurel cherry | |
| Prunus umbellata | Hog plum Flatwoods plum | |
| Quercus alba | White oak Northern white oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
| Quercus falcata | Southern red oak Spanish oak | |
| Quercus laurifolia | Laurel oak Swamp laurel oak Darlington oak diamond-leaf oak laurel-leaf oak water oak obtuse oak | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak Burr oak Savannah oak Overcup oak Prairie oak Mossy-cup oak Mossy-overcup oak Blue oak | |
| Quercus phellos | Willow oak | |
| Quercus prinus | Chestnut oak Rock chestnut oak mountain chestnut oak rock oak tanbark oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal live oak Southern live oak Live oak | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican hat Prairie coneflower Upright prairie coneflower Red-spike mexican-hat Long-headed coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac Aromatic sumac Lemon sumac Polecat bush | |
| Rhododendron canescens | Mountain azalea Wild azalea Honeysuckle azalea Piedmont azalea Sweet azalea Hoary azalea Southern pinxterflower | |
| Rhus glabra | Smooth sumac | |
| Rhododendron oblongifolium | Texas azalea | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood sage | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy blue sage Mealy sage Mealycup sage | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | |
| Senna marilandica | Maryland senna Maryland wild senna Southern wild senna Wild senna | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow indian grass | |
| Spartina spartinae | Gulf cordgrass | |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian currant Buckbrush | |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald cypress Baldcypress Common bald cypress Southern bald cypress Deciduous cypress | |
| Taxodium mucronatum | Montezuma bald cypress Montezuma cypress Mexican cypress Ahuehuete Sabino | |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern gamagrass | |
| Ulmus americana | American elm White elm | |
| Uniola paniculata | Sea Oats Seaoats | |
| Vaccinium arboreum | Farkleberry Tree sparkleberry Sparkleberry | |
| Viburnum acerifolium | Mapleleaf viburnum Maple-leaf viburnum Arrow-wood Maple-leaf arrow-wood | |
| Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty blackhaw viburnum Rusty blackhaw Southern blackhaw Downy viburnum | |
| Wisteria frutescens | American wisteria Texas wisteria Kentucky wisteria | |
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