Native Plants
Harry T. Cliffe Bexar Regional Herbarium
The Bexar Regional Herbarium was created by the San Antonio Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas in the 1990s. In support of the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration, the chapter compiled “A Plant List for Bexar County, Texas,” from existing literature, combining lists and updating botanical names, which garnered a certificate of recognition from the governor of Texas. In the process, participants discussed verifying the presence of the listed plants by finding and identifying what actually existed in the Bexar and contiguous counties. Knowledgeable botanists advised the group to physically collect, press, identify, mount, and label specimens. During the period Sep 1990-July 2000, 1,137 specimens, representing over 800 species, were collected. For a decade, the herbarium was cared for primarily by Harry Cliffe, who led the project and is credited with its scientific quality.
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Centaurium beyrichii | Mountain Pink Meadow Pink Catchfly Quinineweed | |
Centaurium beyrichii | Mountain Pink Meadow Pink Catchfly Quinineweed | |
Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | |
Celtis ehrenbergiana | Desert Hackberry Spiny Hackberry Shiny Hackberry Granjeno Huasteco | |
Ceanothus herbaceus | Prairie Redroot Smaller Redroot Small Redroot Inland Ceanothus Fuzzy Ceanothus Jersey Tea Redroot | |
Celtis laevigata var. laevigata | Sugarberry Palo Blanco | |
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry Netleaf Sugar Hackberry Western Hackberry Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Palo Blanco Acibuche | |
Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry Netleaf Sugar Hackberry Western Hackberry Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Palo Blanco Acibuche | |
Cenchrus myosuroides | Big Sandbur | |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush Buttonbush Button Willow Honey Bells Honeybells Honey Balls Honeyballs Button-bush | |
Cenchrus spinifex | Grass Bur Coastal Sandbur Field Sandspur Southern Sandbur Spiny Burrgrass | |
Celtis tenuifolia | Dwarf Hackberry Small Hackberry Small Sugar Hackberry Georgia Hackberry Upland Hackberry | |
Centaurium texense | Lady Bird's Centaury Texas Centaury | |
Centaurium texense | Lady Bird's Centaury Texas Centaury | |
Centaurium texense | Lady Bird's Centaury Texas Centaury | |
Centaurium texense | Lady Bird's Centaury Texas Centaury | |
Chamaesyce angusta | Blackfoot Sandmat Narrow-leaf Spurge | |
Chaetopappa bellidifolia | Whiteray Leastdaisy Dwarf White Aster Edwards Lazy Daisy | |
Chenopodium berlandieri var. berlandieri | Pitseed Goosefoot Berlandier's Goosefoot | |
Chenopodium berlandieri var. berlandieri | Pitseed Goosefoot Berlandier's Goosefoot | |
Chamaecrista calycioides | Woodland Sensitive Pea | |
Chloris ciliata | Fringed Windmill Grass | |
Chloris ciliata | Fringed Windmill Grass | |
Chloris ciliata | Fringed Windmill Grass | |
Chamaesaracha coniodes | Gray Five Eyes False Nightshade Ground Saracha Prostrate Ground-cherry | |
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