Texas Discovery Gardens
Texas Discovery Gardens is one of the oldest botanical institutions in Texas. Built in 1936 as the Hall of Horticulture for Texas' Centennial Exposition in Fair Park - Dallas, the 7.5-acre campus includes the first public conservatory in the Southwestern United States. The mission of Texas Discovery Gardens is to have a positive impact on the future of Texas by teaching people effective ways to restore, conserve and preserve nature in the urban environment through the use of native and adapted plants that illustrate the interrelationship of Butterflies, Bugs and Botany.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Prosopis pubescens | Screwbean Mesquite American Screwbean Tornillo Screwbean Screwpod Mesquite Twisted Bean Fremont Screwbean | |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Pycnanthemum muticum | Clustered Mountainmint | |
Quercus emoryi | Emory Oak Black Oak Holly Oak Apache Oak Desert Live Oak Western Black Oak Roble Negro Bellota | |
Quercus gravesii | Chisos Red Oak Graves Oak Mountain Red Oak Rock Oak | |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
Quercus mohriana | Mohr Oak Shin Oak Scrub Oak | |
Quercus oblongifolia | Blue Oak Mexican Blue Oak | |
Quercus polymorpha | Mexican White Oak Netleaf White Oak Monterrey Oak | |
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