South Texas legume pods Photograph by Forrest Smith

Native Plant List

• 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