Remarkable Riparian
A field guide to riparian plants within the Nueces River Basin of Texas. A publication of the Nueces River Authority. This user-friendly guide introduces the most commonly observed riparian vegetation in the Edward's Plateau and Rio Grande Plains. However, most of the plants presented herein occur in riparian areas all across Texas, including the Cross Timbers, Trans-Pecos and Rolling Plains.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp Smartweed | |
Potamogeton illinoensis | Illinois Pondweed | |
Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | |
Potamogeton pusillus | Small Pondweed | |
Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash Common Hoptree Hop Tree | |
Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak Buckley Oak Texas Oak Spanish Oak Spotted Oak Rock Oak | |
Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
Ratibida columnifera | Mexican Hat Red-spike Mexican Hat Upright Prairie Coneflower Prairie Coneflower Long-headed Coneflower Thimbleflower | |
Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
Rhynchospora nivea | Showy Whitetop | |
Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
Ruellia nudiflora | Violet Ruellia Common Wild Petunia Violet Wild Petunia Wild Petunia Hierba De La Calentura | |
Rubus riograndis | Rio Grande Dewberry | |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
Sagittaria platyphylla | Delta Arrowhead | |
Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | |
Sapindus saponaria | Wingleaf Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree | |
Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush California Club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
Senegalia greggii | Gregg Acacia Gregg's Acacia Gregg Catclaw Acacia Gregg's Catclaw Acacia Gregg Catclaw Gregg's Catclaw Texas Catclaw Acacia Texas Catclaw Long-flowered Catclaw Acacia Longflower Catclaw Acacia Long-flowered Catclaw Longflower Catclaw Catclaw Acacia Catclaw Devil's Claw Uņa De Gato | |
Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna Velvet Leaf Senna Velvetleaf Senna Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant Puppy-dog Ears | |
Setaria parviflora | Marsh Bristlegrass Knotroot Bristlegrass | |
Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna Two Leaved Senna | |
Silphium integrifolium | Wholeleaf Rosinweed Entire-leaf Rosinweed | |
Smilax bona-nox | Sawbriar Saw Greenbriar Catbriar Bullbriar Stretchberry Vine | |
Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
Solanum elaeagnifolium | Silverleaf Nightshade Silver-leaf Nightshade White Horse Nettle Trompillo Tomato Weed Bull Nettle | |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
Styphnolobium affine | Eve's Necklace Eve's Necklacepod Texas Sophora Pink Sophora Necklace Tree | |
Styrax platanifolius ssp. stellatus | Sycamoreleaf Snowbell Hairy Sycamore-leaf Snow-bell | |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress Baldcypress Common Bald Cypress Southern Bald Cypress Deciduous Cypress Southern Cypress Swamp Cypress Red Cypress White Cypress Yellow Cypress Gulf Cypress Tidewater Red Cypress | |
Teucrium canadense | American Germander Canada Germander Canadian Germander Germander Hairy Germander Wood Sage | |
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta | Parralena Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf Dogweed Dyssodia | |
Tillandsia recurvata | Small Ball Moss Ball Moss | |
Toxicodendron radicans | Eastern Poison Ivy Poison Ivy | |
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass Fakahatchee Grass | |
Tridens muticus | Slim Tridens | |
Typha domingensis | Southern Cattail | |
Ulmus americana | American Elm White Elm Soft Elm Water Elm Common Elm | |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm Fall Elm Basket Elm Scrub Elm Lime Elm Texas Elm Southern Rock Elm Olmo | |
Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye Monilla | |
Utricularia gibba | Humped Bladderwort Bladderwort Conespur Bladderpod | |
Vachellia rigidula | Blackbrush Acacia Blackbrush Chaparro Prieto Gavia | |
Verbena canescens | Gray Vervain | |
Verbesina virginica | Frostweed White Crownbeard Iceplant Iceweed Virginia Crownbeard Indian Tobacco Richweed Squawweed | |
Viguiera dentata | Plateau Goldeneye Sunflower Goldeneye Toothleaf Goldeneye Chimalacate Golden-eye | |
Vitis monticola | Sweet Mountain Grape Champin Grape | |
Vitis mustangensis | Mustang Grape | |
Xanthium strumarium | Rough Cocklebur | |
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