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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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| 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 | |
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