South Texas PlainsThe South Texas Plains lie south of a line from San Antonio to Del Rio. This area is the western extension of the Gulf Coastal Plains merging with the Mexico Plains on the west. The area is a nearly level to rolling, slightly to moderately dissected plain. Upland soils are of three groups: dark, clayey soils over firm clayey subsoils; grayish to reddish brown, loamy to sandy soils; and brown loamy soils. Gray, clayey, saline, and sodic soils are extensive on the coastal fringe, along with Galveston deep sands. Bottomlands are typically brown to gray, calcareous silt loams to clayey alluvial soils. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Abronia fragrans | Fragrant Sand-verbena, Snowball Sand Verbena, Sweet Sand-verbena, Prairie Snowball, Sand Verbena, Heart's Delight | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Abutilon fruticosum | Indian Mallow, Texas Indian Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Abutilon hypoleucum | Whiteleaf Indian Mallow, White-leaf Indian-mallow, Rio Grande Abutilon | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Acer negundo | Box Elder, Box Elder Maple, Ash-leaved Maple, Ashleaf Maple, Red River Maple, Fresno De Guajuco | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow, Western Yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Agave americana | American Century Plant, Century Plant | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Agave parryi ssp. parryi | Parry's Agave, Rough Agave, Century Plant, Mescal | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Allium canadense var. canadense | Meadow Garlic, Wild Onion, Canada Onion | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Allium canadense var. mobilense | Meadow Garlic, Wild Onion | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Allium coryi | Yellowflower Onion, Yellow-flowered Onion | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Allium drummondii | Drummond's Onion, Wild Garlic, Drummond Wild Onion | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Aloysia gratissima | Whitebrush, Bee-brush, White-brush, Common Bee-brush, Beebrush, Privet Lippia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Aloysia wrightii | Wright's Beebrush, Wright's Lippia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ampelopsis cordata | Heartleaf Peppervine, Heart-leaf Ampelopsis | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Amsonia illustris | Ozark Bluestar, Showy Blue-star, Missouri Blue Star, Swamp Bluestar | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Amyris texana | Texas Torchwood, Chapotillo | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem, Tall Bluestem, Turkeyfoot | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Andropogon glomeratus | Bushy Bluestem, Brushy Bluestem | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet, Moist |
Andropogon virginicus | Broomsedge, Broomsedge Bluestem, Yellowsedge Bluestem, Whiskey Grass, Popotillo Pajon | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis | Lazy Daisy, Arkansas Lazy Daisy, Arkansas Doze-daisy | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Argemone mexicana | Mexican Prickly Poppy, Mexican Prickly Poppy, Yellow Prickly Poppy | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Argemone sanguinea | Red Pricklypoppy, Rose Prickly Poppy, Red Prickly Poppy | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Aristolochia pentandra | Marsh's Dutchman's Pipe | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Avicennia germinans | Black Mangrove | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Baccharis neglecta | False Willow, Jara Dulce, Poverty Weed, Roosevelt Weed | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Batis maritima | Turtleweed, Seaside Saltwort | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree, Anacacho Bauhinia, Orchid Tree, Texas Plume | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Borrichia frutescens | Bushy Seaside Tansy, Ox-eye Daisy, Sea Daisy, Sea Ox-eye | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Bothriochloa barbinodis | Pinhole Bluestem, Cane Bluestem, Cane Beardgrass, Feather Bluestem, Plains Beardgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss, Buffalo Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Bouteloua hirsuta | Hairy Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Bouteloua repens | Slender Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Bouteloua rigidiseta | Texas Grama | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Buddleja sessiliflora | Rio Grande Butterflybush, Tepozan | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Calliandra conferta | Rio Grande Stickpea, Fairy Duster | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Calylophus hartwegii | Hartweg's Sundrops, Western Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine, Common Trumpet Creeper, Cow Vine, Foxglove Vine, Hellvine, Devil's Shoestring | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum | Chile Pequin, Chile Tepin, Bird Pepper, Turkey Pepper, Cayenne Pepper | Annual | Subshrub | ||
Carex planostachys | Cedar Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Castela erecta ssp. texana | Texan Goatbush, Goat-bush, Allthorn Goatbush, Amargoso | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Castilleja indivisa | Texas Indian Paintbrush, Entireleaf Indian Paintbrush, Texas Paintbrush, Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Paintbrush | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Castilleja purpurea | Prairie Paintbrush, Downy Indian Paintbrush, Purple Paintbrush, Lemon Paintbrush, Purple Painted Cup | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea, Redroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Celtis ehrenbergiana | Desert Hackberry, Spiny Hackberry, Shiny Hackberry, Granjeno, Huasteco | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry, Hackberry, Palo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry, Netleaf Sugar Hackberry, Western Hackberry, Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Palo Blanco, Acibuche | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Centaurea americana | American Basket-flower, American Star-thistle, Basket-flower, Star Thistle, Shaving Brush, Basket Flower | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Chamaecrista fasciculata | Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant, Sensitive Plant | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, River Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chiococca alba | Snowberry, West Indian Milkberry, David's Milkberry, Cahinca, West Indian Snowberry, Milkberry | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chloris virgata | Feather Fingergrass, Showy Chloris | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Chromolaena odorata | Blue Mistflower, Fragrant Mistflower, Blue Boneset, Fragrant Boneset, Jack In The Bush, Crucita, Siam Weed, Common Flossflower, Christmas Bush, Devilweed | Perennial | Subshrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Cirsium texanum | Texas Thistle | Biennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Citharexylum berlandieri | Berlandier's Fiddlewood, Berlandier Fiddlewood, Fiddlewood | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass, Jamaican Saw-grass, Saw-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Clematis drummondii | Old Man's Beard, Drummond's Clematis, Texas Virgin's Bower, Goat's Beard | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cocculus diversifolius | Correhuela, Snailseed | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Condalia hookeri | Bluewood Condalia, Brasil, Brasilwood, Bluewood, Logwood, Purple Haw, Capul Negro | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily, Evening Star Rain Lily | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cordia boissieri | Mexican Olive, Texas Wild Olive, Anacahuita, Anacahuite | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed, Sand Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis, Golden Tickseed, Goldenwave, Calliopsis | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Cornus drummondii | Roughleaf Dogwood, Drummond's Dogwood, Rough-leaf Dogwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Crinum americanum | American Crinum Lily, Seven Sisters, Swamp Lily, Southern Swamp Lily, String Lily, Crinum Lily | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Croton alabamensis var. texensis | Texabama Croton, Texas Alabama Croton | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Datura wrightii | Jimsonweed, Sacred Thorn-apple, Thorn-apple, Angel Trumpet, Sacred Datura, Western Jimson Weed | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Delphinium carolinianum ssp. vimineum | Carolina Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Desmanthus illinoensis | Illinois Bundleflower, Bundleflower, Prairie Bundle Flower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus, Prairie Mimosa | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Digitaria californica | Arizona Cottontop, California Cottontop, California Crab Grass, Cottontop | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon, Mexican Persimmon, Black Persimmon, Chapote, Chapote Prieto | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Dracopis amplexicaulis | Clasping Coneflower, Clasping-leaf Coneflower | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Echeandia chandleri | Chandler's Craglily, Lila De Los Llanos | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Elionurus tripsacoides | Pan American Balsamscale, Balsamscale | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Elymus canadensis | Canada Wild Rye, Canadian Wildrye, Prairie Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Eragrostis intermedia | Plains Lovegrass, Plains Love Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Eragrostis palmeri | Rio Grande Lovegrass, Rio Grande Love Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass, Purple Love Grass, Purple Plains Lovegrass, Tumblegrass, Petticoat Climber | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Eriochloa sericea | Texas Cupgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Eriogonum annuum | Annual Buckwheat, Annual Wild Buckwheat, Umbrella Plant | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Eriogonum multiflorum | Wild Buckwheat, Heart-sepal Buckwheat, Heart-sepal Wild Buckwheat | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Erioneuron pilosum | Hairy Woollygrass, Hairy Tridens | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo, Eryngo, False Purple Thistle | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Esenbeckia berlandieri | Berlandier's Jopoy, Berlandier Jopoy, Jopoy, Berlandier's Esenbeckia, Berlandier Esenbeckia, Runyon Esenbeckia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia, Poinsettia, Fire On The Mountain | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Euphorbia marginata | Snow On The Mountain, Snow-on-the-mountain | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood, Kidneywood, Bee Brush, Vara Dulce, Palo Dulce | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Fraxinus americana | White Ash, American Ash, Cane Ash, Smallseed White Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Biltmore Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Fraxinus berlandieriana | Mexican Ash, Berlandier Ash, Berlandier's Ash, Plumero | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy, Fragrant Gaillardia, Rayless Gaillardia, Perfumeballs | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Geum canadense | White Avens | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Mock Vervain, Dakota Vervain | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Glandularia canadensis | Rose Vervain, Sweet William, Rose Mock Vervain | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust, Common Honey Locust, Thorny Common Honey Locust, Honey Shucks Locust, Sweet Locust, Thorny Locust, Honey Shucks, Sweet Bean Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Guaiacum angustifolium | Texas Lignum-vitae, Soapbush, Guayacan | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Havardia pallens | Tenaza, Huajillo, Ape's Ear-ring | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Hechtia glomerata | Guapilla | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Helenium amarum | Yellow Sneezeweed, Bitterweed, Yellow Bitterweed, Yellowdicks, Slender-leaved Sneezeweed, Fine-leaved Sneezweed, Yellow Dog-fennel | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower, Max Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Helianthus petiolaris | Prairie Sunflower, Plains Sunflower | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Heliotropium curassavicum | Salt Heliotrope, Seaside Heliotrope, Quail Plant, Cola De Mico, Cola De Gama | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Heliotropium tenellum | Pasture Heliotrope, White Heliotrope | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Herbertia lahue | Prairie Nymph, Herbertia | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Heteropogon contortus | Tanglehead | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Hibiscus martianus | Heartleaf Rosemallow, Tulipan Del Monte, Heartleaf Hibiscus | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Hilaria belangeri var. belangeri | Curly-mesquite | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Hydrolea ovata | Blue Waterleaf, Ovate False Fiddleleaf, Hairy Hydrolea | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress, Texas Plume, Red Texas Star, Red Gilia | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, American Black Walnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Justicia pilosella | Hairy Tube-tongue, Gregg's Tube-tongue, False Honeysuckle | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Karwinskia humboldtiana | Coyotillo, Humboldt Coyotillo | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Leucaena pulverulenta | Great Leadtree, Mexican Leadtree, Great Leucaena, Tepeguaje | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo, Purple Sage, Texas Ranger, Texas Barometer Bush, Texas Silverleaf, Texas Sage, Silverleaf | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri | Berlandier's Yellow Flax, Yellow Flax, Stiff-stem Flax | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lippia alba | Bushy Lippia | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Lippia graveolens | Mexican Oregano, Redbrush Lippia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Lithospermum incisum | Fringed Puccoon, Golden Puccoon, Narrowleaf Puccoon, Narrow-leaved Puccoon, Puccoon, Narrowleaf Gromwell, Fringed Gromwell, Narrowleaf Stoneseed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lupinus subcarnosus | Texas Bluebonnet, Sandyland Bluebonnet | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Lupinus texensis | Texas Bluebonnet, Bluebonnet, Texas Lupine, Buffalo Clover, Wolf Flower | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lycium berlandieri | Berlandier's Wolfberry, Wolfberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Lycium carolinianum | Carolina Wolfberry, Carolina Desert-thorn, Creeping Wolfberry, Christmas Berry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Malpighia glabra | Barbados Cherry, Wild Crapemyrtle, Acerola, Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Manfreda variegata | Mottled Tuberose, Huaco, Texas Tuberose | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Part-shade | Dry |
Marshallia caespitosa | Barbara's-buttons, Puffballs, White Barbara's-buttons, Barbara's Buttons | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Marsilea macropoda | Bigfoot Water-clover, Water-clover, Clover-fern, Largefoot Pepperwort | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Marsilea vestita | Hairy Water-clover, Hairy Waterclover, Hairy Water Clover, Clover Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Part-shade | Wet |
Maurandella antirrhiniflora | Snapdragon Vine , Roving Sailor, Climbing Snapdragon, Little Snapdragon Vine | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic, Tall Melicgrass, Threeflower Melicgrass, Melicgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Mimosa texana | Texas Mimosa, Wherry Mimosa | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm, Spotted Horsemint, Horsemint | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Morus microphylla | Texas Mulberry, Littleleaf Mulberry, Mountain Mulberry, Mexican Mulberry, Dwarf Mulberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry, Moral | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Nekemias arborea | Peppervine | Perennial | Shrub, Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus, Yellow Water Lotus, Yellow Lotus | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Nemophila phacelioides | Texas Baby Blue Eyes, Large-flower Baby-blue-eyes, Baby Blue-eyes, Flannel Breeches | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Nuttallanthus texanus | Texas Toadflax, Texas Toad-flax, Toadflax | Annual | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Oenothera albicaulis | Whitest Evening-primrose, White-stem Evening-primrose, Pale Evening-primrose | Annual | Herb | Sun | |
Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura, Butterfly Gaura, Lindheimer's Beeblossom, Lindheimer's Gaura | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose, Showy Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Showy Primrose, Pink Ladies, Buttercups, Pink Buttercups | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii | Cactus Apple, Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Opuntia macrorhiza | Bigroot Prickly Pear, Twist-spine Prickly Pear, Common Prickly Pear, Plains Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Oxalis stricta | Common Yellow Oxalis, Yellow Wood-sorrel, Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel, Yellow Woodsorrel | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Palafoxia callosa | Small Palafox, Small Palafoxia | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Palafoxia hookeriana | Sand Palafox, Showy Palafox, Hooker Palafoxia, Sand Palafoxia, Hooker's Palafoxia | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Palafoxia rosea | Rosy Palafox, Rose Palafoxia | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Palafoxia sphacelata | Othake, Sand Palafoxia | Annual | Herb | Dry | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pappophorum bicolor | Pink Pappasgrass, Pink Pappusgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Parkinsonia aculeata | Retama, Paloverde, Mexican Paloverde, Jerusalem Thorn, Horsebean, Lluvia De Oro | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Parkinsonia texana var. macra | Texas Paloverde, Border Paloverde | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Paspalum monostachyum | Gulfdune Paspalum | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Passiflora foetida | Corona De Cristo, Fetid Passionflower | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower, Yellow Passion Vine, Yellow Passion-flower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose, Rose Pavonia, Rose Mallow, Pavonia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon, Prairie Beardtongue, Foxglove Penstemon, Foxglove Beardtongue, False Foxglove, Large-flowered Penstemon, Large-flowered Beardtongue, Cobaea Penstemon, Cobaea Beardtongue, Wild Foxglove | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phaulothamnus spinescens | Devilqueen, Snake-eyes | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Phlox glabriflora | Rio Grande Phlox | Annual | Herb | ||
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox, Prairie Phlox, Fragrant Phlox | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Physostegia intermedia | Spring Obedient Plant, Marsh Obedient Plant, Slender False Dragonhead, Intermediate False Dragonhead | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass, Texas Blue Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Polygala alba | White Milkwort | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma Plum | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Prunus rivularis | River Plum, Creek Plum, Hog Plum | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash, Common Hoptree, Hop Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum | Bracken Fern, Bracken, Western Bracken Fern, Western Bracken | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus hemisphaerica | Coast Laurel Oak, Darlington Oak, Laurel Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak, Iron Oak, Cross Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Ranunculus macranthus | Large Buttercup | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry, Rouge Plant, Baby-peppers, Bloodberry | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Rubus trivialis | Southern Dewberry, Dewberry | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia, Common Wild Petunia, Violet Wild Petunia, Wild Petunia, Hierba De La Calentura | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm, Texas Palmetto, Mexican Palm, Mexican Palmetto, Rio Grande Palmetto, Victoria Palmetto, Palma De Micharos, Apachite | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sabatia campestris | Texas Star, Rose Gentian, Meadow Pink, Prairie Rose-gentian, Prairie Sabatia | Annual | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Sagittaria latifolia | Broadleaf Arrowhead, Arrowhead, Duckroot, Duck-potato, Wapato | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage, Big Blue Sage, Azure Sage, Giant Blue Sage, Blue Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood Sage, Red Sage, Indian Fire | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg Salvia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Salvia lycioides | Canyon Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Salvia texana | Texas Sage, Blue Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras, White Sassafras, Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Mitten Tree, Saloop, Smelling Stick | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail, Lizard Tail, Breastweed, Water Dragon | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Schaefferia cuneifolia | Desert Yaupon | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Senegalia berlandieri | Guajillo, Berlandier Acacia, Berlandier's Acacia, Round-flowered Catclaw, Roundflower Catclaw, Mimosa Catclaw, Thornless Catclaw, Huajilla | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Senegalia roemeriana | Roemer Acacia, Roemer's Acacia, Roundflower Catclaw, Round-flowered Catclaw, Catclaw Acacia, Catclaw | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun | Dry |
Serjania brachycarpa | Littlefruit Slipplejack, Serjania | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Wet |
Setaria parviflora | Marsh Bristlegrass, Knotroot Bristlegrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Setaria texana | Texas Bristlegrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Setaria vulpiseta | Plains Bristlegrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Sideroxylon celastrinum | Saffron Plum, Coma Saffron Plum, La Coma, Coma, Milk Buckthorn, Tropical Buckthorn, Downward Plum, Antswood | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Sisyrinchium langloisii | Roadside Blue-eyed Grass, Dotted Blue-eyed Grass, Southern Blue-eyed Grass | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Sisyrinchium sagittiferum | Spearbract Blue-eyed Grass, Blue-eyed Grass | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade, Silver-leaf Nightshade, White Horse Nettle, Trompillo, Tomato Weed, Bull Nettle | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canadian Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod, Canadian Goldenrod, Tall Goldenrod, Giant Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Solidago nemoralis | Gray Goldenrod, Prairie Goldenrod, Oldfield Goldenrod, Grayleaf Goldenrod, Gray-leaved Goldenrod, Dyersweed Goldenrod, Dwarf Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Spartina spartinae | Gulf Cordgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Composite Dropseed, Tall Dropseed | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Sporobolus cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Sporobolus wrightii | Big Sacaton, Sacaton, Alkali Sacaton | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Symphyotrichum subulatum | Eastern Annual Saltmarsh Aster, Baby's Breath Aster, Annual Aster, Blackland Aster, Hierba Del Marrano | Annual, Biennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Taxodium mucronatum | Montezuma Bald Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Mexican Cypress, Ahuehuete, Sabino | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Tephrosia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Hoarypea, Hoary Pea, Lindheimer Tephrosia | Perennial | Subshrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Tetraneuris scaposa | Four-nerve Daisy, Hymenoxys, Stemmy Four-nerve Daisy, Yellow Daisy, Bitterweed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Thalia dealbata | Powdery Alligator-flag, Powdery Thalia, Water Canna | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Thelypteris kunthii | Wood Fern, River Fern, Southern Shield Fern, Kunth's Maiden Fern, Normal Shield Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Tradescantia gigantea | Giant Spiderwort | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Tradescantia ohiensis | Ohio Spiderwort, Bluejacket | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Trichloris pluriflora | Multi-flowered False-rhodesgrass, Multiflower False Rhodes Grass, Showy Chloris | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Tridens albescens | White Tridens, White Top | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Triodanis perfoliata | Clasping Venus's Looking-glass | Annual | Herb | Shade | Dry |
Triplasis purpurea | Purple Sandgrass, Purple Triplasis | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm, Fall Elm, Basket Elm, Scrub Elm, Lime Elm, Texas Elm, Southern Rock Elm, Olmo | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Utricularia radiata | Little Floating Bladderwort, Floating Bladderwort | Annual | Herb | Wet | |
Vachellia bravoensis | Huisachillo, Dwarf Huisache, Bravo Acacia, Schaffner's Acacia, Schaffner's Wattle, Twisted Acacia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Vachellia farnesiana | Huisache, Texas Huisache, Sweet Acacia, Perfume Acacia, Mealy Acacia, Mealy Wattle, Cassie | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Vachellia rigidula | Blackbrush Acacia, Blackbrush, Chaparro Prieto, Gavia | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Verbena halei | Texas Vervain, Slender Verbena, Texas Verbena, Slender Vervain | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Verbesina virginica | Frostweed, White Crownbeard, Iceplant, Iceweed, Virginia Crownbeard, Indian Tobacco, Richweed, Squawweed | Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Viguiera stenoloba | Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye, Resinbush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Vitis acerifolia | Mapleleaf Grape, Panhandle Grape, Bush Grape | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Vitis mustangensis | Mustang Grape | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Dry |
Woodwardia virginica | Virginia Chainfern, Virginia Chain Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Xylosma flexuosa | Brush Holly, Brushholly | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Yucca treculeana | Spanish Dagger, Spanish Bayonet, Don Quixote's Lance, Palma Pita, Palma De Datil, Palmito | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Part-shade | Dry |
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Hercules Club, Pepperbark, Toothache Tree, Tickle Tongue, Prickly Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Zanthoxylum fagara | Lime Prickly Ash, Colima | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Zanthoxylum hirsutum | Texas Hercules' Club, Texas Prickly Ash, Limetone Prickly Ash, Toothache Tree, Tickle-tongue, Tingle-tongue | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |