Special Collections
Remarkable Riparian
A field guide to riparian plants within the Nueces River Basin of Texas. A publication of the Nueces River Authority. This user-friendly guide introduces the most commonly observed riparian vegetation in the Edward's Plateau and Rio Grande Plains. However, most of the plants presented herein occur in riparian areas all across Texas, including the Cross Timbers, Trans-Pecos and Rolling Plains.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Chamaesyce serpens | Matted Sandmat Prostrate Spurge Creeping Spurge | |
| Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water Hemlock Water-hemlock Beaver Poison | |
| Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard Drummond's Clematis Texas Virgin's Bower Goat's Beard | |
| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass Jamaican Saw-grass Saw-grass | |
| Clematis pitcheri | Purple Leatherflower Purple Clematis Leatherflower Bluebill Bellflower Clematis Pitcher's Clematis | |
| Cocculus carolinus | Carolina Snailseed Carolina Coralbead Carolina Moonseed Red Berried Moonseed Carolina Red Berried Moonseed | |
| Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood Drummond's Dogwood Rough-leaf Dogwood | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower Bundleflower Prairie Bundle Flower Prickleweed Illinois Desmanthus Prairie Mimosa | |
| Dichanthelium acuminatum var. lindheimeri | Lindheimer Panicgrass Lindheimer's Rosettegrass | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye Canadian Wildrye Prairie Wildrye Nodding Wildrye | |
| Eleocharis cellulosa | Gulf Coast Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis montevidensis | Sand Spikerush Spike Rush | |
| Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush Leap Frog Spike Rush | |
| Equisetum hyemale | Scouring-rush Horsetail Horsetail Scouring Rush Canuela | |
| Equisetum laevigatum | Smooth Horsetail Horsetail | |
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge Toothed-leaf Poinsettia | |
| Eustoma exaltatum | Catchfly Prairie Gentian Bluebell Gentian Western Blue Gentian Blue Marsh Lily Small Bluebell Catchfly Gentian Seaside Gentian | |
| Eupatorium serotinum | White Boneset Lateflowering Thoroughwort Late Boneset Late-flowering Boneset | |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce | |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia | |
| Fraxinus albicans | Texas Ash Mountain Ash | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn Carolina False Buckthorn Yellow Buckthorn Indian Cherry Yellowwood | |
| Fraxinus greggii | Gregg's Ash Gregg Ash Littleleaf Ash Dogleg Ash Escobilla Barreta China | |
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