Special Collections
Sibley Nature Center
The Sibley Nature Center celebrates the southern Llano Estacado and the region surrounding it within 150 miles. Through programs given at its site of 49 acres in Hogan Park in Midland, Texas, and at schools, meeting rooms, ranches, and personal homes through out the region, the Sibley Nature Center seeks to encourage the region’s citizens to be knowledgeable about the flora, fauna, and history of the region.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Proboscidea parviflora | Doubleclaw Devil's Claw | |
| Prunus rivularis | River Plum Creek Plum Hog Plum | |
| Psilostrophe tagetina | Woolly Paperflower Paperflower | |
| Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak Plateau Live Oak Hill Country Live Oak Texas Live Oak Scrub Live Oak Plateau Oak Encino Molino Tesmoli | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
| Quercus texana | Nuttall Oak Texas Oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
| Rhus microphylla | Littleleaf Sumac Desert Sumac Correosa Agritos | |
| Rhus trilobata | Skunkbush Skunkbush Sumac Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Scented Sumac Ill-scented Sumac Basketbush Squawbush | |
| Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | |
| Rumex hymenosepalus | Canaigre Dock Canaigre Desert Rhubarb | |
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow Narrow-leaf Willow Sandbar Willow Coyote Willow | |
| Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage Mealy Sage Mealycup Sage | |
| Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage Cherry Sage Gregg Salvia | |
| Salix nigra | Black Willow Gulf Black Willow Swamp Willow Sauz | |
| Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii | Western Soapberry Soapberry Wild China Tree Wild Chinaberry Indian Soap Plant Jaboncillo | |
| Selinocarpus diffusus | Spreading Moonpod | |
| Setaria leucopila | Streambed Bristlegrass Plains Bristlegrass | |
| Senna wislizeni | Canyon Senna Shrubby Senna Dwarf Senna Wislizenus's Senna Wislizenus's Wild Sensitive-plant Carrozo Pinacate Palo Prieto Pinacatillo Hojasén Ejotillo | |
| Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Silene Sleepy Catchfly | |
| Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. lanuginosum | Gum Bully Gum Elastic Chittamwood Gum Bumelia | |
| Solidago altissima | Tall Goldenrod Late Goldenrod Canadian Goldenrod Canada Goldenrod | |
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur Buffalo Bur Nightshade Buffalobur Nightshade | |
| Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel Mountain Laurel Mescal Bean Mescal Bean Sophora Frijolillo Frijolito | |
| Sphaeralcea ambigua | Desert Globemallow Apricot Globe-mallow Desert Mallow Globe Mallow Apricot Mallow | |
| Sphaeralcea angustifolia | Narrowleaf Globemallow Copper Globemallow Copper Mallow | |
| Sphaeralcea coccinea | Scarlet Globemallow Caliche Globemallow | |
| Sporobolus flexuosus | Mesa Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus giganteus | Giant Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus wrightii | Big Sacaton Sacaton Alkali Sacaton | |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry Indian Currant Buckbrush | |
| Tetraclea coulteri | Coulter's Wrinklefruit | |
| Teucrium laciniatum | Lacy Germander Cut-leaf Germander Dwarf Germander | |
| Tecoma stans | Yellow Bells Yellowbells Esperanza Yellow Trumpetbush Yellow Trumpetflower Trumpetbush Trumpetflower Yellow Elder Hardy Yellow Trumpet Yellow Trumpet Bush | |
| Thelesperma filifolium | Stiff Greenthread Greenthread | |
| Tidestromia lanuginosa | Woolly Tidestromia | |
| Tridens albescens | White Tridens White Top | |
| Tradescantia occidentalis | Prairie Spiderwort Western Spiderwort Spiderwort | |
| Triodanis perfoliata | Clasping Venus's Looking-glass | |
| Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail Common Cattail | |
| Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye Monilla | |
| Vauquelinia californica | Arizona Rosewood Arizona-rosewood | |
| Verbena bracteata | Bigbract Verbena Carpet Vervain Prostrate Vervain | |
| Verbesina encelioides | Cowpen Daisy Golden Crownbeard Butter Daisy | |
| Verbesina nana | Dwarf Crownbeard | |
| Viguiera stenoloba | Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye Resinbush | |
| Xanthium strumarium | Rough Cocklebur | |
| Xanthisma texanum | Texas Sleepy Daisy Yellow Sleepy Daisy Star of Texas Texas Sleepy-daisy Texas Sleepydaisy | |
| Yucca campestris | Plains Yucca | |
| Yucca constricta | Buckley Yucca Buckley's Yucca | |
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