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Texas-West Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in West Texas. 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 |
| Pinus cembroides | Mexican Pinyon Mexican Pinyon Pine Pinyon Nut Pine Border Pinyon | |
| Pinus edulis | Colorado Pinyon Pine Colorado Pinyon Pinyon Pine Pinyon Two-needle Pine Two-needle Pinyon Two-leaf Pinyon Nut Pine Pino Dulce | |
| Pistacia mexicana | Mexican Pistachio Texas Pistachio American Pistachio Copal Pistachio Wild Pistachio Lentisco Texas Pistache | |
| Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Ponderosa Pine Interior Ponderosa Pine Black Hills Ponderosa Pine Ponderosa Pine | |
| Pleuraphis mutica | Tobosagrass Tobosa Grass | |
| Populus deltoides | Eastern Cottonwood Carolina Poplar Necklace Poplar Alamo | |
| Populus tremuloides | Quaking Aspen Golden Aspen Trembling Aspen Mountain Aspen Aspen Trembling Poplar Alamo Blanco | |
| Prosopis glandulosa | Honey Mesquite Glandular Mesquite Algarroba | |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas Fir Blue Douglas Fir | |
| Psorothamnus scoparius | Broom Dalea Broom Smokebush Broom Pea | |
| Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower | |
| Purshia ericifolia | Heath Cliffrose Heath Cliff-rose | |
| Quercus emoryi | Emory Oak Black Oak Holly Oak Apache Oak Desert Live Oak Western Black Oak Roble Negro Bellota | |
| Quercus gambelii | Gambel Oak Rocky Mountain White Oak Utah White Oak | |
| Quercus grisea | Gray Oak Scrub Oak Shin Oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak Chinquapin Oak Chestnut Oak Yellow Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Yellow Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus turbinella | Shrub Live Oak Sonoran Scrub Oak Scrub Oak Turbinella Oak Turbinella Encino | |
| Quercus vaseyana | Vasey Oak Sandpaper Oak Scrub Oak Shin 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 microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac Tobacco Sumac Lambrisco Lentrisco | |
| Rhus virens var. choriophylla | Mearn Sumac Evergreen Sumac | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
| Salvia regla | Mountain Sage Royal Sage | |
| Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium | Little Bluestem | |
| 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 Uña De Gato | |
| Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna Velvet Leaf Senna Velvetleaf Senna Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant Puppy-dog Ears | |
| Senegalia roemeriana | Roemer Acacia Roemer's Acacia Roundflower Catclaw Round-flowered Catclaw Catclaw Acacia Catclaw | |
| Senna roemeriana | Twoleaf Senna Two Leaved Senna | |
| Senna wislizeni | Canyon Senna Shrubby Senna Dwarf Senna Wislizenus's Senna Wislizenus's Wild Sensitive-plant Carrozo Pinacate Palo Prieto Pinacatillo Hojasén Ejotillo | |
| Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass Yellow Indiangrass Indian Grass | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton Zacate Alcalino | |
| Symphyotrichum ericoides | White Heath Aster Heath Aster | |
| Tecoma stans | Yellow Bells Yellowbells Esperanza Yellow Trumpetbush Yellow Trumpetflower Trumpetbush Trumpetflower Yellow Elder Hardy Yellow Trumpet Yellow Trumpet Bush | |
| Thymophylla pentachaeta var. pentachaeta | Parralena Fiveneedle Pricklyleaf Dogweed Dyssodia | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye Monilla | |
| Vachellia constricta | Whitethorn Acacia White-thorn Acacia Mescat Acacia Mescat Wattle Whitethorn Vara Prieta Chaparro Prieto | |
| Vauquelinia corymbosa ssp. angustifolia | Chisos Rosewood Slimleaf Rosewood Narrowleaf Rosewood Narrowleaf Vauquelinia Vauquel Bush Guauyul Palo Prieto | |
| Vachellia farnesiana | Huisache Texas Huisache Sweet Acacia Perfume Acacia Mealy Acacia Mealy Wattle Cassie | |
| Yucca elata | Soaptree Yucca Soaptree Soapweed Yucca Palmilla Palmella Amole | |
| Yucca thompsoniana | Thompson's Yucca Thompson Yucca Beaked Yucca Big Bend Yucca Soyate Palmita Trans-Pecos Yucca | |
| Yucca torreyi | Torrey Yucca Torrey's Yucca Spanish Bayonet Spanish Dagger Old Shag Palma | |
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