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Fredericksburg Chapter NPSOT - Hill Country Recommended
Recommended native plant species for planned landscapes in the Texas hill country.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo Purple sage Texas ranger Texas barometer bush Texas silverleaf Texas sage | |
| Leucaena retusa | Goldenball leadtree Littleleaf leadtree | |
| Lonicera albiflora | Western white honeysuckle Texas honeysuckle White honeysuckle White shrub honeysuckle White limestone honeysuckle | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| 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 | |
| Mammillaria heyderi | Little nipple cactus | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate barberry | |
| Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine Noyau vine Correhuela de las Doce | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock daisy Plains blackfoot | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon beebalm Horsemint Purple horsemint Lemon mint Plains horsemint Lemon horsemint | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf muhly Hair-awn muhly Hairy-awn muhly Hair grass Pink muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's muhly Big muhly Lindheimer muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia rigens | Deergrass Meadow muhly Deer muhly | |
| Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass Mexican Wiregrass Finestem needlegrass Ponytail grass Texas tussock | |
| Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's shoestring Devil’s-shoestring Ribbon grass | |
| Nolina texana | Texas sacahuista Texas beargrass Basket grass Sacahuista Bunchgrass | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit evening-primrose Missouri evening-primrose Fluttermill Big-fruit evening-primrose Missouri Primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink evening primrose Showy evening primrose Mexican evening primrose Showy primrose Pink ladies Buttercups Pink buttercups | |
| Opuntia engelmannii | Cactus apple | |
| Packera aurea | Golden ragwort Golden groundsel Butterweed | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock rose Rose pavonia Rose mallow Pavonia | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand panic grass | |
| Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock penstemon Cut-Leaf Penstemon Baccharis-leaf beardtongue Beard Tongue | |
| Penstemon havardii | Big Bend beardtongue Big Bend penstemon Havard penstemon | |
| Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon Scarlet Penstemon Heller's beardtongue | |
| Penstemon wrightii | Wright's beardtongue Wright penstemon | |
| Phacelia congesta | Blue curls Caterpillars Fiddleneck | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas frogfruit Turkey tangle fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall obedient plant Obedient plant False dragonhead | |
| Prunus mexicana | Mexican plum Bigtree plum | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas red oak Buckley oak Spanish oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment live oak Plateau live oak Texas live oak Scrub live oak Hill country live oak Plateau oak | |
| Quercus laceyi | Lacey oak Texas blue oak Canyon oak Smoky oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur oak Burr oak Savannah oak Overcup oak Prairie oak Mossy-cup oak Mossy-overcup oak Blue oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak Chinquapin oak Chestnut oak Yellow chestnut oak Yellow oak Rock chestnut oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus polymorpha | Mexican White Oak Monterrey Oak Netleaf white oak | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant sumac Aromatic sumac Lemon sumac Polecat bush | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen sumac Tobacco sumac | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge plant Baby peppers | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood sage | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy blue sage Mealy sage Mealycup sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn sage Cherry sage Gregg salvia | |
| Sabal mexicana | Mexican palm Palma Di Micharos Rio Grande palmetto Texas palm Texas palmetto | |
| Salvia pentstemonoides | Big red sage Penstemon sage | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar sage | |
| Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's skullcap | |
| Scutellaria ovata | Heartleaf skullcap Heart-leaf Skullcap | |
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