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Photograph by Forrest Smith

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This species collection list was compiled by our Technical Committee following these criteria:
  • Cover value
  • Harvestability
  • Soil type adaptability
  • Successional category
  • Species distribution in South Texas
  • Wildlife and livestock forage value

GRASSES FORBS SHRUBS
Arizona cottontop
Digitaria californica
Orange zexmenia
Wedelia hispida
Granjeo
Celtis pallida
Plains bristlegrass
Setaria leucopila
Partridge pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Brasil
Condalia hookeri
Four-flower trichloris
Trichloris pluriflora
Bundleflower
Desmanthus virgatus
Colima
Zanthoxylum fagara
Hooded windmillgrass
Chloris cucullata
Blackfoot daisy
Melampodium cinereum
Coma
Bumelia celastrina
Pink pappusgrass
Pappophorum bicolor
Engelmann daisy
Engelmannia pinnatifida
Kidneywood
Eysenhardtia texana
Brownseed paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum
Prairie acacia
Acacia angustissima
Lotebush
Ziziphus obtusifolia
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Awnless bush sunflower
Simsia calva
Guayacan
Porlieria angustifolia
Tanglehead
Heteropogon contortus
Vara blanca
Croton incanus
Guajillo
Acacia berlandieri
Two-flower trichloris
Chloris crinita
Golden dalea
Dalea aurea
Texas persimmon
Diospyros texana
Sideoats grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
Low menodora
Menodora heterophylla
Elbowbush
Forestiera angustifolia
Green sprangletop
Leptochloa dubia
Tallow weed
Plantago hookeriana
Agrito
Berberis trifoliolata
Slim tridens
Tridens muticus
Lazy daisy
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis
Desert yaupon
Schaefferia cuneifolia
Vine mesquite
Panicum obtusum
Silvery bladderpod
Lesquerella argyraea
Four-wing saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Seacoast bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium var. littoralis
Indian blanket
Gaillardia pulchella
Catclaw
Acacia greggii
Little bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium var. frequens
Ground cherry
Physalis cinerascens
Texas lantana
Lantana horrida
Halls panicum
Panicum hallii
Shaggy portulaca
Portulaca pilosa
Mexican amyris
Amyris madrensis
Silver bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
Western ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Blackbrush
Acacia rigidula
Knotgrass
Setaria firmula
American snoutbean
Rhynchosia americana
Hogplum
Colubrina texensis
Red grama
Bouteloua trifida
Mexican hat
Ratibida columnifera
Ephedra
Ephedra antisyphilitica
Threeawn
Aristida wrightii
Frostweed
Verbesina microptera
Huisachillo
Acacia schaffneri
Big bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Mistflower
Eupatorium coelestinum
Chittimwood
Bumelia lanuginosa
Thin paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
Dayflower
Commelina erecta
Cenizo
Leucophyllum frutescens
Buffalograss
Buchloe dactyloides
Common sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Fall witchgrass
Leptoloma cognatum
Old man's beard
Clematis drummondii
Texas panicum
Panicum texanum
Hairy grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
Texas grass
Vaseyochloa multinervosa
Crinkleawn
Trachypogon secundus
Updated 4/05/04 2003 South Texas Natives
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
700 University Boulevard, Kingsville, Texas 78363