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Texas-High Plains Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Texas High Plains. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Amorpha canescens | Leadplant Leadplant Amorpha Prairie Shoestring | |
| Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush False Indigo Bush False Indigo Desert False Indigo | |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem Tall Bluestem Turkeyfoot | |
| Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed Butterfly Weed Butterfly Milkweed Orange Milkweed Pleurisy Root Chigger Flower Chiggerweed | |
| Atriplex canescens | Chamiso Four-wing Saltbush Wing-scale | |
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama Banderilla Banderita Navajita | |
| Bouteloua dactyloides | Buffalograss Buffalo Grass | |
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | |
| Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup Purple Poppy Mallow | |
| Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | |
| Celtis laevigata var. reticulata | Netleaf Hackberry Netleaf Sugar Hackberry Western Hackberry Sugar Hackberry Texas Sugarberry Palo Blanco Acibuche | |
| Cercocarpus montanus var. argenteus | Silver Mountain Mahogany Silverleaf Mountain Mahogany True Mountain Mahogany Mountain Mahogany | |
| Chamaecrista fasciculata var. fasciculata | Partridge Pea Showy Partridge-pea Beeflower | |
| Cooperia drummondii | Evening Rain Lily Evening Star Rain Lily | |
| Coreopsis tinctoria | Plains Coreopsis Golden Tickseed Goldenwave Calliopsis | |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata | Tree Cholla Teddy-bear Cholla Cholla Cane Cactus Walkingstick Cholla | |
| Dalea frutescens | Black Dalea Black Prairie Clover | |
| Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon Mexican Persimmon Black Persimmon Chapote Chapote Prieto | |
| Echinacea angustifolia | Black Samson Black Samson Echinacea Narrow-leaf Coneflower | |
| Engelmannia peristenia | Engelmann's Daisy Engelmann Daisy Cutleaf Daisy | |
| Ephedra antisyphilitica | Mormon Tea Joint-fir Clapweed Popote | |
| Eryngium leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Eryngo Eryngo False Purple Thistle | |
| Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum | Texas Bluebells Texas Bluebell Bluebell Showy Prairie Gentian Prairie Gentian | |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn Carolina False Buckthorn Yellow Buckthorn Indian Cherry Yellowwood | |
| Gaillardia pinnatifida | Red Dome Blanketflower Yellow Gaillardia Blanket Flower | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena Purple Prairie Verbena Dakota Mock Vervain Dakota Vervain | |
| Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata | Davis Mountains Mock Vervain Dakota Mock Vervain Wright's Verbena | |
| Glossopetalon spinescens var. planitierum | Plains Greasebush | |
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower Max Sunflower | |
| Helianthus petiolaris | Prairie Sunflower Plains Sunflower | |
| Juniperus ashei | Ashe Juniper Ashe's Juniper Mountain Cedar Rock Cedar Post Cedar Texas Cedar Brake Cedar Mexican Juniper Blueberry Juniper Ozark White Cedar Sabino Enebro | |
| Juniperus monosperma | Oneseed Juniper One-seed Juniper Cherrystone Juniper New Mexico Juniper West Texas Juniper | |
| Juniperus pinchotii | Pinchot's Juniper Pinchot Juniper Redberry Juniper Texas Juniper Christmasberry Juniper | |
| Juniperus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Juniper Rocky Mountain Red Cedar Mountain Red Cedar Colorado Red Cedar Western Red Cedar River Juniper Western Juniper Cedro Rojo | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
| Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana Calico Bush | |
| Leptochloa dubia | Green Sprangletop | |
| Linum lewisii | Wild Blue Flax Prairie Flax Lewis Flax Lewis's Flax | |
| Linum pratense | Meadow Flax | |
| Liatris punctata | Dotted Blazing Star Dotted Gayfeather Dotted Liatris Purples | |
| Linum rigidum | Stiffstem Flax Large-flower Yellow Flax Yellow Flax | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Mahonia swaseyi | Texas Barberry Texas Oregon-grape | |
| Machaeranthera tanacetifolia | Tahoka Daisy Tansy-aster Tansey-leaf Tansy-aster Tansyleaf Tansyaster | |
| Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita Agarito Algerita Laredo Mahonia Laredo Oregon-grape Trifoliate Barberry Wild Currant | |
| Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy Rock Daisy Plains Blackfoot Arnica | |
| Mimosa borealis | Fragrant Mimosa Pink Mimosa | |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm Purple Horsemint Lemon Mint Plains Horsemint Lemon Horsemint Horsemint Purple Lemon Mint | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Silver Leaf Primrose Bigfruit Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose Fluttermill Missouri Evening Primrose | |
| Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose Showy Evening Primrose Mexican Evening Primrose Showy Primrose Pink Ladies Buttercups Pink Buttercups | |
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | |
| Penstemon ambiguus | Pink Plains Penstemon Pink Plains Beardtongue Gilia Penstemon Gilia Beardtongue Sand Penstemon Sand Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon cobaea | Prairie Penstemon Prairie Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue False Foxglove Large-flowered Penstemon Large-flowered Beardtongue Cobaea Penstemon Cobaea Beardtongue Wild Foxglove | |
| Penstemon jamesii | James's Penstemon James's Beardtongue James Penstemon James Beardtongue | |
| Peritoma serrulata | Rocky Mountain Bee-plant Stinking-clover Bee Spiderflower Navajo Spinach Pink Cleome Toothed Spiderflower Skunkweed | |
| Pinus edulis | Colorado Pinyon Pine Colorado Pinyon Pinyon Pine Pinyon Two-needle Pine Two-needle Pinyon Two-leaf Pinyon Nut Pine Pino Dulce | |
| Poa arachnifera | Texas Bluegrass Texas Blue Grass | |
| Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera | Plains Cottonwood Great Plains Cottonwood Texas Cottonwood Northern Cottonwood | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Prunus gracilis | Oklahoma Plum | |
| Prunus virginiana | Chokecherry Common Chokecherry Choke Cherry | |
| Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak Buckley Oak Texas Oak Spanish Oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus havardii | Havard Oak Havard Shin-oak Shinnery Oak | |
| Quercus mohriana | Mohr Oak Shin Oak Scrub Oak | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak Shumard's Oak Shumard Red Oak Southern Red Oak Swamp Red Oak Spotted Oak | |
| Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
| Rhus aromatica var. serotina | Fragrant Sumac | |
| Rhus lanceolata | Prairie Flameleaf Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Prairie Sumac Lance-leaf Sumac Lance-leaved Sumac Texas Sumac Tree Sumac Limestone Sumac Prairie Shining Sumac | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Ribes aureum var. villosum | Clove Currant Golden Currant Buffalo Currant Missouri Currant | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Salix amygdaloides | Peachleaf Willow Peach-leaf Willow Almond-leaf Willow Almond Willow Peach Willow Southwestern Peach Willow Wright Willow Wright Peachleaf Willow | |
| Salvia azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium | Little Bluestem | |
| Senegalia wrightii | Wright Acacia Wright's Acacia Catclaw Acacia Catclaw | |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
| Solidago gigantea | Giant Goldenrod Smooth Goldenrod Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Early Goldenrod | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
| Solidago petiolaris | Downy Ragged Goldenrod Downy Goldenrod | |
| Thelesperma filifolium | Stiff Greenthread Greenthread | |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass Fakahatchee Grass | |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm Fall Elm Basket Elm Scrub Elm Lime Elm Texas Elm Southern Rock Elm Olmo | |
| Vernonia baldwinii | Western Ironweed Baldwin's Ironweed Ironweed | |
| Yucca glauca var. glauca | Soapweed Yucca Narrow-leaf Yucca | |
| Zinnia grandiflora | Plains Zinnia Rocky Mountain Zinnia Prairie Zinnia Little Golden Zinnia Yellow Zinnia | |
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