Fredericksburg Chapter NPSOT - Hill Country RecommendedRecommended native plant species for planned landscapes in the Texas hill country. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth Maple, Big-toothed Maple, Uvalde Bigtooth Maple, Southwestern Bigtooth Maple, Canyon Maple, Sabinal Maple, Western Sugar Maple | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun | Moist |
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow, Western Yarrow, Yarrow, Milfoil | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye , Firecracker Plant | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Agave americana | American Century Plant, Century Plant | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Ageratina havanensis | Shrubby Boneset, White Mistflower, White Shrub Mistflower, Havana Snakeroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii | Flame Acanthus, Hummingbird Bush, Wright's Desert Honeysuckle, Wright Acanthus, Mexican Flame, Wright's Mexican Flame | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aquilegia chrysantha | Golden Columbine, Yellow Columbine, Southwestern Yellow Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Astrolepis sinuata | Wavy Scaly Cloakfern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Bauhinia lunarioides | Anacacho Orchid Tree, Anacacho Bauhinia, Orchid Tree, Texas Plume | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Bouteloua curtipendula | Sideoats Grama, Banderilla, Banderita, Navajita | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Buddleja marrubiifolia | Woolly Butterflybush, Butterfly Bush, Woolly Butterfly-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry , French Mulberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Callirhoe involucrata | Winecup, Purple Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Calylophus berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops , Square-bud Primrose, Sundrops | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine, Common Trumpet Creeper, Cow Vine, Foxglove Vine, Hellvine, Devil's Shoestring | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Capsicum annuum | Chile Tepin, Chile Pequin, Chiltepin, Chile Petin, Bird Pepper, Turkey Pepper , Cayenne Pepper | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carex perdentata | Sand Sedge, Meadow Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Carex planostachys | Cedar Sedge | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Carya illinoinensis | Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cercis canadensis var. texensis | Texas Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Chasmanthium latifolium | Inland Sea Oats, Indian Wood Oats, Wild Oats, River Oats, Flathead Oats, Upland Oats, Upland Sea Oats | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chilopsis linearis | Desert Willow, Flowering Willow, Willow-leaved Catalpa, Willowleaf Catalpa, Bow Willow, Flor De Mimbre, Mimbre | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Chrysactinia mexicana | Damianita | Perennial | Subshrub, Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Conoclinium greggii | Gregg's Mistflower , Palmleaf Thoroughwort, Palm-leaf Mistflower, Palm-leaf Thoroughwort, Purple Palmleaf Mistflower, Purple Palmleaf Eupatorium | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Coryphantha sulcata | Pineapple Cactus, Nipple Cactus | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Dalea greggii | Gregg Dalea, Gregg's Prairie Clover, Trailing Indigo Bush, Indigo Bush | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Dasylirion texanum | Texas Sotol, Sotol | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Dry |
Datura wrightii | Jimsonweed, Sacred Thorn-apple, Thorn-apple, Angel Trumpet, Sacred Datura, Western Jimson Weed | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Dichondra argentea | Silver Ponysfoot, Silver Ponyfoot | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Diospyros texana | Texas Persimmon, Mexican Persimmon, Black Persimmon, Chapote, Chapote Prieto | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Echinocactus texensis | Horse Crippler, Horse Crippler Cactus, Devil's Head, Chisos Hedgehog Cactus, Chisos Hedgehog | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Echinocereus coccineus var. coccineus | Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus, Claret Cup | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | ||
Echinocereus pentalophus | Ladyfinger Cactus, Alicoche, Dog Tail, Devil's Fingers | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Echinocereus triglochidiatus | Claret Cup, Claret Cup Cactus, Hedgehog Cactus, Kingcup Cactus, Mojave Mound, Mohave Mound | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood, Kidneywood, Bee Brush, Vara Dulce, Palo Dulce | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush, Stretchberry, Spring Herald, Desert Olive, Tanglewood, Devil's Elbow, Spring Goldenglow, New Mexico Privet, Texas Forsythia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn, Carolina False Buckthorn, Yellow Buckthorn, Indian Cherry, Yellowwood | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Fraxinus albicans | Texas Ash, Mountain Ash | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Glandularia bipinnatifida | Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain, Moradilla, Alfombrilla | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Helianthemum georgianum | Georgia Frostweed, Rockrose, Georgia Sunrose | Perennial | Herb | ||
Helianthus maximiliani | Maximilian Sunflower, Max Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Hesperaloe parviflora | Red Yucca, Coral Yucca, Red-flowered False Yucca, Redflower False Yucca, Yellow Yucca, Hummingbird Yucca, Samandoque | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Meadow Holly, Prairie Holly, Swamp Holly, Welk Holly, Deciduous Yaupon, Bearberry, Winterberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress, Texas Plume, Red Texas Star, Red Gilia | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Lantana urticoides | Texas Lantana, Calico Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Leucaena retusa | Goldenball Leadtree, Littleleaf Leadtree, Little Leucaena, Lemonball, Wahoo Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Leucophyllum frutescens | Cenizo, Purple Sage, Texas Ranger, Texas Barometer Bush, Texas Silverleaf, Texas Sage, Silverleaf | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Lonicera albiflora | Western White Honeysuckle, White Shrub Honeysuckle, White Bush Honeysuckle, White Limestone Honeysuckle, Texas Honeysuckle, White Honeysuckle | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Mahonia trifoliolata | Agarita, Agarito, Algerita, Laredo Mahonia, Laredo Oregon-grape, Trifoliate Barberry, Wild Currant | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii | Turk's Cap, Drummond's Turk's Cap, Drummond Turk's Cap, Wax Mallow, Drummond's Wax Mallow, Drummond Wax Mallow, Red Mallow, Texas Mallow, Mexican Apple, Sleeping Hibiscus, Bleeding Hearts, Manzanita | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Mammillaria heyderi | Little Nipple Cactus, Heyder Pincushion Cactus | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Melampodium leucanthum | Blackfoot Daisy, Rock Daisy, Plains Blackfoot, Arnica | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Merremia dissecta | Alamo Vine, Noyau Vine, Correhuela De Las Doce | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Monarda citriodora | Lemon Beebalm, Purple Horsemint, Lemon Mint, Plains Horsemint, Lemon Horsemint, Horsemint, Purple Lemon Mint | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairy-awn Muhly, Hair Grass, Pink Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Muhly, Lindheimer Muhly, Big Muhly, Blue Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Muhlenbergia rigens | Deergrass, Meadow Muhly, Deer Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Nassella tenuissima | Mexican Feathergrass, Mexican Wiregrass, Finestem Needlegrass, Ponytail Grass, Texas Tussock | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Nolina lindheimeriana | Devil's Shoestring, Devil's-shoestring, Ribbon Grass | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Nolina texana | Texas Sacahuista, Texas Beargrass, Basket Grass, Sacahuista, Bunchgrass, Texas Bear-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Dry |
Oenothera lindheimeri | White Gaura, Butterfly Gaura, Lindheimer's Beeblossom, Lindheimer's Gaura | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Oenothera macrocarpa | Bigfruit Evening-primrose, Missouri Evening-primrose, Fluttermill, Big-fruit Evening-primrose, Missouri Primrose, Bigfruit Evening Primrose | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Oenothera speciosa | Pink Evening Primrose, Showy Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Showy Primrose, Pink Ladies, Buttercups, Pink Buttercups | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Opuntia engelmannii | Cactus Apple, Prickly Pear | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Packera aurea | Golden Groundsel, Golden Ragwort, Butterweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass, Wand Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop, Purple Passionflower, Purple Passion Vine, Apricot Vine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Pavonia lasiopetala | Rock Rose, Rose Pavonia, Rose Mallow, Pavonia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon baccharifolius | Rock Penstemon, Rock Beardtongue, Cut-leaf Penstemon, Cut-leaf Beardtongue, Baccharis-leaf Penstemon, Baccharis-leaf Beardtongue | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon havardii | Havard Penstemon, Havard Beardtongue, Big Bend Penstemon, Big Bend Beardtongue, Havard's Penstemon, Havard's Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Penstemon triflorus | Hill Country Penstemon, Hill Country Beardtongue, Scarlet Penstemon, Scarlet Beardtongue, Heller's Penstemon, Heller's Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Penstemon wrightii | Wright's Penstemon, Wright's Beardtongue, Wright Penstemon, Wright Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Phacelia congesta | Caterpillars, Blue Curls, Fiddleneck | Annual, Biennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Frogfruit | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Virginia Lions-heart | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus mexicana | Mexican Plum, Bigtree Plum, Inch Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus buckleyi | Texas Red Oak, Buckley Oak, Texas Oak, Spanish Oak, Spotted Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus fusiformis | Escarpment Live Oak, Plateau Live Oak, Hill Country Live Oak, Texas Live Oak, Scrub Live Oak, Plateau Oak, Encino Molino, Tesmoli | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus laceyi | Lacey Oak, Texas Blue Oak, Canyon Oak, Smoky Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak, Burr Oak, Savanna Oak, Overcup Oak, Prairie Oak, Mossy-cup Oak, Mossy-overcup Oak, Blue Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak, Chinquapin Oak, Chestnut Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus polymorpha | Mexican White Oak, Netleaf White Oak, Monterrey Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rhus virens | Evergreen Sumac, Tobacco Sumac, Lambrisco, Lentrisco | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry, Rouge Plant, Baby-peppers, Bloodberry | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Sabal mexicana | Texas Palm, Texas Palmetto, Mexican Palm, Mexican Palmetto, Rio Grande Palmetto, Victoria Palmetto, Palma De Micharos, Apachite | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood Sage, Red Sage, Indian Fire | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salvia farinacea | Mealy Blue Sage, Mealy Sage, Mealycup Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Salvia greggii | Autumn Sage, Cherry Sage, Gregg Salvia | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Salvia pentstemonoides | Big Red Sage, Penstemon Sage | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Salvia roemeriana | Cedar Sage | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem, Popotillo Azul | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Scutellaria drummondii | Drummond's Skullcap | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Scutellaria ovata | Heartleaf Skullcap, Heart-leaf Skullcap | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Scutellaria wrightii | Wright's Skullcap, Bushy Skullcap, Shrubby Skullcap | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sedum nuttallianum | Yellow Stonecrop | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Senna lindheimeriana | Lindheimer's Senna, Velvet Leaf Senna, Velvetleaf Senna, Velvet-leaf Wild Sensitive-plant, Puppy-dog Ears | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Solidago canadensis | Canada Goldenrod, Canadian Goldenrod, Tall Goldenrod, Giant Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sophora secundiflora | Texas Mountain Laurel, Mountain Laurel, Mescal Bean, Mescal Bean Sophora, Frijolillo, Frijolito | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indiangrass, Yellow Indiangrass, Indian Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Stachys coccinea | Scarlet Betony, Texas Betony, Scarlet Hedgenettle, Scarlet Hedge-nettle | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Stemodia lanata | Woolly Stemodia, Gray-woolly Twintip | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry, Indian Currant, Buckbrush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
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 | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Tecoma stans | Yellow Bells, Yellowbells, Esperanza, Yellow Trumpetbush, Yellow Trumpetflower, Trumpetbush, Trumpetflower, Yellow Elder, Hardy Yellow Trumpet, Yellow Trumpet Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Tetraneuris scaposa | Four-nerve Daisy, Hymenoxys, Stemmy Four-nerve Daisy, Yellow Daisy, Bitterweed | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Thelocactus setispinus | Miniature Barrel Cactus, Hedgehog Cactus | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Thelypteris kunthii | Wood Fern, River Fern, Southern Shield Fern, Kunth's Maiden Fern, Normal Shield Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus americana | American Elm, White Elm, Soft Elm, Water Elm, Common Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm, Fall Elm, Basket Elm, Scrub Elm, Lime Elm, Texas Elm, Southern Rock Elm, Olmo | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Ungnadia speciosa | Mexican Buckeye, Monilla | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Vernonia baldwinii | Western Ironweed, Baldwin's Ironweed, Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Viguiera stenoloba | Skeleton-leaf Goldeneye, Resinbush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Viola missouriensis | Missouri Violet | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Yucca arkansana | Arkansas Yucca, Softleaf Yucca | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Part-shade | Dry |
Yucca constricta | Buckley Yucca, Buckley's Yucca | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Yucca rupicola | Twistleaf Yucca, Twisted-leaf Yucca, Texas Yucca, Spanish Dagger | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |