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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.
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Argythamnia humilis var. humilis | Low Silverbush Low Wild Mercury |  |
| Aristida longespica var. longespica | Slimspike Threeawn Red Three-awn Slimspike Three-awn |  |
| Artemisia ludoviciana | Louisiana Artemisia Louisiana Sage White Sage Prairie Sage Silver Sage White Sagebrush Louisiana Wormwood Silver Wormwood Louisiana Sagewort Gray Sagewort Cudweed Sagewort Mugwort Wormwood |  |
| Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress |  |
| Arabis petiolaris | Brazos Rockcress Rock-cress Brazos Rock-cress |  |
| Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn Purple 3-awn Purple Three-awn Red Threeawn |  |
| Aristida purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Threeawn Red Threeawn |  |
| Argythamnia simulans | Plateau Silverbush Tall Wild-mercury |  |
| Arbutus xalapensis | Texas Madrone Madrone Texas Arbutus Manzanita Xoxocote Amazaquitl |  |
| Arbutus xalapensis | Texas Madrone Madrone Texas Arbutus Manzanita Xoxocote Amazaquitl |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |