Texas Ecoregion
Blackland Prairie
22 native plants suited to the Blackland Prairie of Texas.
The Blackland Prairie is a 200-mile band of dark, deep clay that runs from the Red River south through the DFW metroplex, Waco, Austin, and San Antonio. It is one of the most productive agricultural soils in Texas but also one of the trickiest for gardeners because the heavy clay shrinks and swells with moisture. Plants that thrive here tolerate clay, drainage swings, and the urban heat of the I-35 corridor.
Conditions: Heavy black clay, alkaline-to-neutral pH, 30–40 inches annual rainfall, hot humid summers with occasional hard freezes.
Cities and areas: Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Austin, San Antonio, Round Rock, Waco.
22 Native Plants for the Blackland Prairie
All non-toxic per the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center plant database. Click a plant for full ecoregion-specific maintenance and HOA-friendly notes.

Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa

Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens

Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata

Frogfruit
Phyla nodiflora

Gulf Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris

Horseherb
Calyptocarpus vialis

Indian Blanket
Gaillardia pulchella

Inland Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium

Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata

Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium

Mealy Blue Sage
Salvia farinacea

Mexican Plum
Prunus mexicana

Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata

Prairie Verbena
Glandularia bipinnatifida

Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea

Rain Lily
Zephyranthes drummondii

Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus texensis

Texas Lantana
Lantana urticoides

Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii

Winecup
Callirhoe involucrata
810 More Natives for the Blackland Prairie
From our full plant database, HOA-friendly picks first. Pet-safety status varies by species; each plant page shows its sourced ASPCA status.

Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata

Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis

Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis

Rattlesnake-master
Eryngium yuccifolium

Common Yarrow
Achillea millefolium

Golden Zizia
Zizia aurea

Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum

New Jersey-tea
Ceanothus americanus

Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis

Tall Grama Grass
Bouteloua curtipendula

Narrow-leaf Mountain-mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata

Soft rush
Juncus effusus

Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans

Pale Echinacea
Echinacea pallida

Purple Prairie-clover
Dalea purpurea

Wild Allspice
Lindera benzoin

Aromatic Sumac
Rhus aromatica

Tall Blazing Star
Liatris aspera

Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea

Prairie Junegrass
Koeleria macrantha

Red Juniper
Juniperus virginiana

Lyre-leaf Sage
Salvia lyrata

Aromatic Aster
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana

Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa

Longhead-coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Fringe-leaf Ruellia
Ruellia humilis

Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa

Scarlet Sage
Salvia coccinea

Scarlet Rose-mallow
Hibiscus laevis

Missouri Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa

Prairie Gayfeather
Liatris pycnostachya

Wafer-ash
Ptelea trifoliata

Alligator-wood
Liquidambar styraciflua

Red buckeye
Aesculus pavia

American Basswood
Tilia americana

Virginia Wild Rye
Elymus virginicus

Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis

Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia

White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida

American Germander
Teucrium canadense

Narrow-leaf Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia

Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior

Horsemint
Monarda citriodora

Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida

American Senna
Senna marilandica

Dotted Gayfeather
Liatris punctata

Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis

Standing Cypress
Ipomopsis rubra

Ohio Buckeye
Aesculus glabra

White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides

Angled Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum

Northern Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis

Foxglove Penstemon
Penstemon cobaea

Chile Pequin
Capsicum annuum

Wholeleaf rosinweed
Silphium integrifolium

Stiff Sunflower
Helianthus pauciflorus

Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius

Shooting star
Dodecatheon meadia

Chinkapin Oak
Quercus muehlenbergii

Autumn Sage
Salvia greggii

Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum

Large-flower Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora

Western silver aster
Symphyotrichum sericeum

Wood Fern
Thelypteris kunthii

Pigeonberry
Rivina humilis
Buffalo Grass
Bouteloua dactyloides

Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans

Eastern Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda

Yellow Wild Indigo
Baptisia sphaerocarpa

Seep Muhly
Muhlenbergia reverchonii

Cherry Laurel
Prunus caroliniana

Powderpuff
Mimosa strigillosa

Engelmann's Daisy
Engelmannia peristenia

Heartleaf Skullcap
Scutellaria ovata

Western Sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis

Antelope Horn Milkweed
Asclepias asperula

Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum

Golden Groundsel
Packera obovata

Prairie Spiderwort
Tradescantia occidentalis

Four-nerve Daisy
Tetraneuris scaposa

Western Ironweed
Vernonia baldwinii

Climbing Rose
Rosa setigera

Wright's Skullcap
Scutellaria wrightii

Cucumberleaf sunflower
Helianthus debilis

Black Dalea
Dalea frutescens

Mexican Buckeye
Ungnadia speciosa

Limestone Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens

Whitetop Sedge
Rhynchospora colorata

Three-thorn-acacia
Gleditsia triacanthos

Plain-leaf Pussytoes
Antennaria parlinii

Snakeherb
Dyschoriste linearis

Bigfoot Waterclover
Marsilea macropoda

Berlandier's sundrops
Calylophus berlandieri

Farkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum

Rock Rose
Pavonia lasiopetala

Cedar Sage
Salvia roemeriana

Pineywoods Dropseed
Sporobolus junceus

Zizotes Milkweed
Asclepias oenotheroides

Green Comet Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora

Pitcher's Clematis
Clematis pitcheri

Water Willow
Justicia americana

Water Oak
Quercus nigra

Twistleaf Yucca
Yucca rupicola

Bush Sunflower
Simsia calva

Sharp-wing Monkey-flower
Mimulus alatus

Pale Yucca
Yucca pallida

Blue Curls
Phacelia congesta

Flame acanthus
Anisacanthus quadrifidus

False Boneset
Brickellia eupatorioides

Water Hyssop
Bacopa monnieri

False Nettle
Boehmeria cylindrica

Texas Persimmon
Diospyros texana

Prairie flameleaf sumac
Rhus lanceolata

Barbara's Buttons
Marshallia caespitosa

St. Andrew's-cross
Hypericum hypericoides

Woolly Ironweed
Vernonia lindheimeri

Correll's false dragonhead
Physostegia correllii

Heavy Sedge
Carex gravida

Prairie Goldenrod
Solidago missouriensis

Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis

Zexmenia
Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida

Inflated Narrow-leaf Sedge
Carex grisea

Prairie camas
Camassia angusta

Drummond's Phlox
Phlox drummondii

Fragrant Gaillardia
Gaillardia suavis

Roundhead prairie clover
Dalea multiflora

Davis' Sedge
Carex davisii

Longbract Wild Indigo
Baptisia leucophaea
Clasping Coneflower
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis

Redtop Panicgrass
Coleataenia rigidula

Thinfruit Sedge
Carex flaccosperma

Soft greeneyes
Berlandiera pumila

Nuttall Oak
Quercus texana

White Rosinweed
Silphium albiflorum

Texas Aster
Symphyotrichum drummondii var. texanum

Greenthread
Thelesperma filifolium

Texas Milkweed
Asclepias texana

Chittamwood
Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Texas bluegrass
Poa arachnifera

Hooded Arrowhead
Sagittaria calycina

Western soapberry
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii

Sugar Hackberry
Celtis laevigata

Leavenworth Eryngo
Eryngium leavenworthii

Blackjack Oak
Quercus marilandica

Compact Prairie Clover
Dalea compacta

Golden Tickseed
Coreopsis basalis

Carolina Buckthorn
Rhamnus caroliniana

Slimflower scurfpea
Pediomelum tenuiflorum

Yellow Star-grass
Hypoxis hirsuta

Leavenworth's sedge
Carex leavenworthii

Platte River Groundsel
Packera plattensis

Golden Prairie-clover
Dalea aurea

Post Oak
Quercus stellata

Texas Redbud
Cercis canadensis var. texensis

Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta

Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus

Cowpen Daisy
Verbesina encelioides

Smooth Beggarticks
Bidens laevis

Sanddune Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum

Oval-leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora

Bitter Sneezeweed
Helenium amarum

Bush's Sedge
Carex bushii

Huisache Daisy
Amblyolepis setigera

Texas Walnut
Juglans microcarpa

Hill Country Penstemon
Penstemon triflorus

Southern Dewberry
Rubus trivialis

Texas cupgrass
Eriochloa sericea

Tharp's Spiderwort
Tradescantia tharpii

Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia australis var. minor

Engelmann's prickly pear
Opuntia engelmannii

Hairy woollygrass
Erioneuron pilosum

Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris

Big Buttercup
Ranunculus macranthus

Gregg Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia greggii

Cane Bluestem
Bothriochloa barbinodis

Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis

Widowscross
Sedum pulchellum

Texas Yellowstar
Lindheimera texana

Texas Prairie Parsley
Polytaenia texana

Fraser's onion
Allium fraseri
Blue Waterleaf
Hydrolea ovata

Western Wallflower
Erysimum asperum

Ravensfoot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi

Arnold Hawthorn
Crataegus mollis

Evening Rain Lily
Zephyranthes chlorosolen

Big red sage
Salvia pentstemonoides

Texas Grama
Bouteloua rigidiseta

White Avens
Geum canadense

Creeping Spotflower
Acmella repens

Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi

Texas Blue Sage
Salvia texana

American Basketflower
Plectocephalus americanus

Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora

Coast Germander
Teucrium cubense

Missouri violet
Viola missouriensis

Texas bluebells
Eustoma grandiflorum

Carolina Ponyfoot
Dichondra carolinensis

False Dayflower
Tinantia anomala

Roughstem rosinweed
Silphium radula

Hairy Sunflower
Helianthus hirsutus
Longleaf buckwheat
Eriogonum longifolium var. longifolium

Light Poppymallow
Callirhoe alcaeoides

Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens

Texas Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum hirsutum

Nine-Anther Prairie Clover
Dalea enneandra

Engelmann's sage
Salvia engelmannii

Texas Thistle
Cirsium texanum

Slender Woodoats
Chasmanthium laxum

Mountain Pinks
Zeltnera beyrichii

Texas Spiderwort
Tradescantia humilis

Prairie Grass
Sphenopholis obtusata

Narrowleaf False Dragonhead
Physostegia angustifolia

Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica

Longspike Tridens
Tridens strictus

Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja indivisa

Slimpod Rush
Juncus diffusissimus

Fendler's Euphorbia
Euphorbia fendleri

False Gromwell
Onosmodium bejariense var. bejariense

Prairie Fleabane
Erigeron modestus

Edwards Plateau Five Eyes
Chamaesaracha edwardsiana

Tenpetal Thimbleweed
Anemone berlandieri

Mat Spurge
Euphorbia stictospora

Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus clandestinus

Narrowleaf Witchgrass
Dichanthelium linearifolium

Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes

New Mexico Pennyroyal
Hedeoma drummondii

Devil's Bouquet
Nyctaginia capitata

White Prairie Rose
Rosa foliolosa

Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa laguroides var. torreyana

Greeneyes
Berlandiera betonicifolia

Smallhead Sneezeweed
Helenium microcephalum

Trailing Ratany
Krameria lanceolata

Roundfruit Panicgrass
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon

Showy Whitetop
Rhynchospora nivea

Torrey's Rush
Juncus torreyi

Fescue Sedge
Carex festucacea

Roundseed St. Johnswort
Hypericum sphaerocarpum

Lotebush
Ziziphus obtusifolia

Common Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris

Hooker's Eryngo
Eryngium hookeri

Forked Panic Grass
Dichanthelium dichotomum

Brownseed Paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum

Stiff Yellow Flax
Linum medium

Virginia Dayflower
Commelina virginica

Feather Pennisetum
Setaria parviflora

Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre

Slim-Spike Three-Awn Grass
Aristida longespica

White Four O'clock
Mirabilis albida

Two-flower Melic
Melica mutica

Texas Skeleton Plant
Lygodesmia texana

Rosy Palafox
Palafoxia rosea
Blackstem Spleenwort
Asplenium resiliens

Texas Silverpuff
Chaptalia texana

Scarlet Pea
Indigofera miniata

Showy Fanpetals
Sida lindheimeri

Carolina Woollywhite
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

Painted Leaf Poinsettia
Euphorbia cyathophora

Small Palafox
Palafoxia callosa

Berlandier's Yellow Flax
Linum berlandieri

Prairie Milkvine
Matelea cynanchoides

Prairie Acacia
Acacia angustissima

Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum

Slim Milkweed
Asclepias linearis

Rosinweed Sunflower
Silphium radula var. gracile

Cupleaf Penstemon
Penstemon murrayanus

Heartleaf Nettle
Urtica chamaedryoides

Marsh Flat Sedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus

Green Sprangletop
Leptochloa dubia

Texas Almond
Prunus minutiflora

Bush Croton
Croton fruticulosus

Prairie Paintbrush
Castilleja purpurea

Plains Love Grass
Eragrostis intermedia

Cliff Muhly
Muhlenbergia sobolifera

Horsecrippler Cactus
Echinocactus texensis

False Pennyroyal
Trichostema brachiatum

Parralena
Thymophylla pentachaeta

Interior Rush
Juncus interior

Madagascar Dropseed
Sporobolus pyramidatus

Carolina Sedge
Carex caroliniana

Lindheimer Panicgrass
Dichanthelium lindheimeri

Tall Poppymallow
Callirhoe leiocarpa

Barrens Silky Aster
Symphyotrichum pratense

Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides

Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila phacelioides

Sundrops
Oenothera berlandieri

Southwestern Bristlegrass
Setaria scheelei

Red Lovegrass
Eragrostis secundiflora

Low Menodora
Menodora heterophylla

Soft Goldenaster
Bradburia pilosa

Hooded Windmill Grass
Chloris cucullata

Showy False Dragonhead
Physostegia pulchella

Grass-leaf Rush
Juncus marginatus

Bristly Buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus

California Loosestrife
Lythrum californicum

Cedar Sedge
Carex planostachys

Tropical Puff
Neptunia pubescens

Hoary False Goldenaster
Heterotheca canescens
Basil Beebalm
Monarda clinopodioides

Drummond's Wild Petunia
Ruellia drummondiana

Hairy Tube-tongue
Justicia pilosella

Prairie False Foxglove
Agalinis heterophylla

Drummond's Woodsorrel
Oxalis drummondii

Prairie Celestials
Nemastylis geminiflora
White Tridens
Tridens albescens

Texas Verbena
Verbena halei

Chisme
Portulaca pilosa

Navajo Tea
Thelesperma simplicifolium

Lazy Daisy
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis

Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea

Lindheimer Beebalm
Monarda lindheimeri

Reflexed Sedge
Carex retroflexa

Nodding Beardtongue
Penstemon laxiflorus

Texas Feathershank
Schoenocaulon texanum

Pretty Sneezeweed
Helenium elegans

Squarebud Daisy
Tetragonotheca texana

Wood Amaranth
Iresine rhizomatosa

Violet Lespedeza
Lespedeza violacea

Baby Jump-up
Mecardonia procumbens

Two Leaved Senna
Senna roemeriana

Sleepy Daisy
Xanthisma texanum

Narrowleaf Puccoon
Lithospermum incisum

Texas Nightshade
Solanum triquetrum

Littlehip Hawthorn
Crataegus spathulata

Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii

Common Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Obedience
Physostegia virginiana

Wild Blue Indigo
Baptisia australis

Canadian Elder
Sambucus canadensis

Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum

Old-field Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis

Horse-mint
Monarda punctata

Judastree
Cercis canadensis

Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana

Bastard Indigo-bush
Amorpha fruticosa

Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum

Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta

American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana

Buttonball
Platanus occidentalis

Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida

Rum Cherry
Prunus serotina

Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum

Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata

Woodbine
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Green Antelopehorns
Asclepias viridis

Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus

Path Rush
Juncus tenuis

Smooth Sumac
Rhus glabra

Pickerel-weed
Pontederia cordata
Illinois Bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis

Louisiana Sagewort
Artemisia ludoviciana

Maximilian's Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani

Calliopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria

Lizard's-tail
Saururus cernuus
Black Willow
Salix nigra

Possom-haw Holly
Ilex decidua

Red Mulberry
Morus rubra

Indian-currant
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Lewis's Flax
Linum lewisii

Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia

Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum

White Evening-primrose
Oenothera speciosa

Heal-all
Prunella vulgaris

Desert Willow
Chilopsis linearis

Frostweed
Verbesina virginica

Eastern Gama Grass
Tripsacum dactyloides

Woolly Dutchman's-pipe
Aristolochia tomentosa

Duck-potato
Sagittaria latifolia

Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria

Elbowbush
Forestiera pubescens

Spotted St. John's Wort
Hypericum punctatum

Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii

Giant Coneflower
Rudbeckia maxima

American Elm
Ulmus americana

Wax Myrtle
Morella cerifera

Poison-milkweed
Euphorbia corollata

Drummond's Dogwood
Cornus drummondii

Red Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora

Ash-leaf Maple
Acer negundo

White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima

Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens

Nogal Morado
Carya illinoinensis

Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica

Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor

Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia

Hairy Thorn-apple
Datura wrightii

Texas Sotol
Dasylirion texanum

Poverty Oat Grass
Danthonia spicata

Hemp Dogbane
Apocynum cannabinum

Narrowleaf Willow
Salix exigua

Cenizo
Leucophyllum frutescens

Huisache
Vachellia farnesiana

Canada Milk-vetch
Astragalus canadensis

Black Walnut
Juglans nigra

Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans

Saltmarsh Fleabane
Pluchea odorata

Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea

Tall Thoroughwort
Eupatorium altissimum

White Mistflower
Ageratina havanensis

Smooth Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum

Esperanza
Tecoma stans
Fragrant Water-lily
Nymphaea odorata

Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides

Lindheimer's Senna
Senna lindheimeriana

Big Muhly
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri

Kidneywood
Eysenhardtia texana

Eve's Necklace
Styphnolobium affine

Catfoot
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda

Groovestem Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum plantagineum

Fragrant Mimosa
Mimosa borealis

Bitter-ash
Euonymus atropurpureus

Ground-plum
Astragalus crassicarpus

Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa

Sawtooth Sunflower
Helianthus grosseserratus

Live Oak
Quercus virginiana

Willowleaf Sunflower
Helianthus salicifolius

Goat's Rue
Tephrosia virginiana

Late Goldenrod
Solidago altissima

Cutgrass
Leersia oryzoides

Yellow Passionflower
Passiflora lutea

Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Plains Yellow Primrose
Oenothera serrulata

Flame Acanthus
Anisacanthus quadrifidus var. wrightii

Slender Bush-clover
Lespedeza virginica

Stream Orchid
Epipactis gigantea

Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides

Winged Elm
Ulmus alata

Tall Aster
Symphyotrichum praealtum

Canada Onion
Allium canadense

Carolina Larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum

Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora

Dwarf Chinkapin Oak
Quercus prinoides

Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Snapdragon Vine
Maurandella antirrhiniflora

Indian-bean
Catalpa bignonioides

Fall Boneset
Eupatorium serotinum

Southern Red Oak
Quercus falcata

Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus

Devil's Shoestring
Nolina lindheimeriana

Chairmaker's-rush
Schoenoplectus pungens

Buckley's Yucca
Yucca constricta

Dragon-arum
Arisaema dracontium

White Honeysuckle
Lonicera albiflora

Agarita
Berberis trifoliolata

Arkansas Yucca
Yucca arkansana

Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera

American Bugleweed
Lycopus americanus

Burvine
Verbena urticifolia

Redroot
Ceanothus herbaceus

Black Sumac
Rhus copallina

Spanish Dagger
Yucca treculeana

Coontail
Ceratophyllum demersum

Evergreen Sumac
Rhus virens

Texas Mountain Laurel
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum

Stiff Dogwood
Cornus foemina

Creeping Spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris

Purple Milkweed Vine
Matelea biflora

Texas Virgin's Bower
Clematis drummondii

Texas Lantana
Lantana horrida

Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya

Long-Flower Gaura
Oenothera filiformis

American Lotus
Nelumbo lutea

Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea

Great Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Violet Wood-sorrel
Oxalis violacea

Cooper's-reed
Typha latifolia

Tall Thistle
Cirsium altissimum

White Trout-lily
Erythronium albidum

Muhlenberg's Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii

Beggar-ticks
Bidens frondosa

Michaelmas Daisy
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Old-witch Grass
Panicum capillare

Longleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus

Prairie Gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima

Powdery Thalia
Thalia dealbata

Carrot-Leaf Desert-Parsley
Lomatium foeniculaceum

Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis

Chickenweed
Euphorbia hypericifolia

Panicled Tick-clover
Desmodium paniculatum

Downy Ragged Goldenrod
Solidago petiolaris

Pasture Thistle
Cirsium undulatum

Torrey Yucca
Yucca torreyi

Catclaw Briar
Mimosa nuttallii

Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus

Rufous Bulrush
Scirpus pendulus

White Prickly Poppy
Argemone albiflora

Pink Thoroughwort
Fleischmannia incarnata

Christmas Cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis

Beaked Panicgrass
Coleataenia anceps

Cut-leaf Evening-primrose
Oenothera laciniata

Pearl Milkweed Vine
Matelea reticulata

Branched Foldwing
Dicliptera brachiata

Hairy Clover Fern
Marsilea vestita

Texas Beargrass
Nolina texana

Needle Spike-rush
Eleocharis acicularis

Globe Beaksedge
Rhynchospora globularis

Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia roemeriana

Plateau Goldeneye
Viguiera dentata

Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius

Clasping Venus's-looking-glass
Triodanis perfoliata

Shrubby Blue Sage
Salvia ballotiflora

Early Buttercup
Ranunculus fascicularis

Emory's Sedge
Carex emoryi

Spatter-dock
Nuphar advena
Variegated Spurge
Euphorbia marginata

Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides

Roman-wormwood
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Mexican Primrose Willow
Ludwigia octovalvis
Slick-seed Fuzzy Bean
Strophostyles leiosperma

Ram's Horn
Proboscidea louisianica

Dudley's Rush
Juncus dudleyi

Lance-leaf Fogfruit
Phyla lanceolata

Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli

Beebrush
Aloysia gratissima

Carolina Elephantsfoot
Elephantopus carolinianus

Blue Mud-plantain
Heteranthera limosa

Red-Root Flat Sedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos

Rattlesnake-weed
Daucus pusillus

Lopseed
Phryma leptostachya

Sandpaper Tree
Ehretia anacua

Western Prickly-pear
Opuntia macrorhiza

American Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana

Little Leaf Sumac
Rhus microphylla

Netleaf Hackberry
Celtis reticulata

Slender Copperleaf
Acalypha gracilens

Sessile-flowered Yellow Cress
Rorippa sessiliflora

Bearded Flat Sedge
Cyperus squarrosus

Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus

Broad-leaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla

Arrow-Feather
Aristida purpurascens

Hoary Bowlesia
Bowlesia incana

Hampshire-purslane
Ludwigia palustris

Carolina Geranium
Geranium carolinianum

Bluewood Condalia
Condalia hookeri

Spurred Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum

Creek Plum
Prunus rivularis

Berlandier's Wolfberry
Lycium berlandieri

Least Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum

Arrowhead Rattlebox
Crotalaria sagittalis

Blue Toadflax
Nuttallanthus canadensis

Upright Burhead
Echinodorus berteroi

Dodder
Cuscuta campestris

Horseweed
Ambrosia trifida

Erect Spiderling
Boerhavia erecta

Heller's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes

Narrow-leaf Paleseed
Leucospora multifida

Ground-cherry
Physalis pubescens

Trailing Fuzzybean
Strophostyles helvola

Slender Snakecotton
Froelichia gracilis

Sleepy Catchfly
Silene antirrhina

Stiff-stem Flax
Linum rigidum

Lesser Pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus

Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea

Michaux's Croton
Croton michauxii

Louisiana Lettuce
Lactuca ludoviciana

Common Ground-cherry
Physalis longifolia

Poison-bean
Sesbania drummondii

Densetuft Hairsedge
Bulbostylis capillaris

Beach Pearlwort
Sagina decumbens

Bigtop Lovegrass
Eragrostis hirsuta

Whorled Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata

Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus

Keeled Bulrush
Isolepis carinata

Grooved Flax
Linum sulcatum

Cynthiana Grape
Vitis aestivalis

Palmleaf Indian Breadroot
Pediomelum digitatum

Great Plains Flatsedge
Cyperus lupulinus

Ashe Juniper
Juniperus ashei

Prostrate Sandmat
Euphorbia prostrata

Bur-cucumber
Sicyos angulatus

Annual Dropseed
Sporobolus neglectus

Disk Waterhyssop
Bacopa rotundifolia

Hyssop-leaf Sandmat
Euphorbia hyssopifolia

American Cudweed
Gamochaeta purpurea

Stiff Tumbleweed
Amaranthus albus

Spotted Sandmat
Euphorbia maculata

Matted Sandmat
Euphorbia serpens

Water Star-grass
Heteranthera dubia

Carolina Crabgrass
Digitaria cognata

Prairie-berry
Solanum elaeagnifolium

Muscadine Grape
Vitis rotundifolia

Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum

Low Spearwort
Ranunculus pusillus

Mustang Grape
Vitis mustangensis

Bitter Rubberweed
Hymenoxys odorata

Creeping-cucumber
Melothria pendula

Texas Star
Sabatia campestris

Crow-poison
Nothoscordum bivalve
Marsh Cress
Rorippa palustris

Scarlet Spiderling
Boerhavia coccinea

Manroot
Ipomoea pandurata

Carolina Fimbry
Fimbristylis puberula

Gulf Vervain
Verbena xutha

Annual Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum annuum

Twoheaded Water-starwort
Callitriche heterophylla

Wright's Plantain
Plantago wrightiana

Texas Bull-nettle
Cnidoscolus texanus

False Water-pepper
Persicaria hydropiperoides

Butterfly-pea
Clitoria mariana

Florida Blue Lettuce
Lactuca floridana

Lace Grass
Eragrostis capillaris

Climbing Milkweed
Cynanchum laeve
Narrowleaf Indian Breadroot
Pediomelum linearifolium

Florida Snake-cotton
Froelichia floridana

Scarlet Leatherflower
Clematis texensis

Annual Saltmarsh Aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum

Dotted Smartweed
Persicaria punctata

Lotus Milk-vetch
Astragalus lotiflorus

Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa

False Nut Sedge
Cyperus strigosus

White Cutgrass
Leersia virginica

Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum

Poverty Weed
Baccharis neglecta

Texas Red Oak
Quercus buckleyi

Bristleleaf Pricklyleaf
Thymophylla tenuiloba

Woolly Croton
Croton capitatus

Desert Yaupon
Schaefferia cuneifolia

Crested Pricklypoppy
Argemone polyanthemos

Canada Spikesedge
Eleocharis geniculata

Forest Bedstraw
Galium circaezans

Musquashroot
Cicuta maculata

Spiny Sheepbur
Lappula occidentalis

Green Amaranth
Amaranthus hybridus

Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis

Brown Beetle-grass
Diplachne fusca

Roughpod Spurge
Euphorbia spathulata

Woolly Plantain
Plantago patagonica
Tropical Amaranth
Amaranthus polygonoides

Dunbible-weed
Ambrosia psilostachya

Lemon Cinchweed
Pectis angustifolia

Rattan Vine
Berchemia scandens

Celery Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus

Small-flowered Gaura
Oenothera curtiflora

Flat-stem Spike-rush
Eleocharis compressa

Marsh Obedient Plant
Physostegia intermedia

Eyebane
Euphorbia nutans

Texas Hog Plum
Colubrina texensis

Arkansas Leastdaisy
Chaetopappa asteroides

Field Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex

Mexican Ash
Fraxinus berlandieriana

Escarpment Live Oak
Quercus fusiformis

Chisos Mountain False Indian Mallow
Allowissadula holosericea

Toothed Spurge
Euphorbia dentata

Little Scullcap
Scutellaria parvula

Dwarf Groundcherry
Physalis pumila

Laceflower
Ptilimnium nuttallii

Broomweed
Amphiachyris dracunculoides

American Pillwort
Pilularia americana

Longleaf Plantain
Plantago elongata

Gronovius Dodder
Cuscuta gronovii

Duckweed
Lemna minor

Toothcup
Ammannia coccinea

Trumpet Evening Primrose
Oenothera jamesii

Canada Sanicle
Sanicula canadensis

Clammy Hedgehyssop
Gratiola neglecta

Swamp-privet
Forestiera acuminata

Pine Barren Flatsedge
Cyperus retrorsus

Necklaceweed
Veronica peregrina

Chalk Hill Hymenopappus
Hymenopappus tenuifolius

Spring Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes vernalis

Spring Coralroot
Corallorhiza wisteriana

Short-point Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus

Prairie Cup Grass
Eriochloa contracta

Herbwilliam
Ptilimnium capillaceum

Limestone Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum engelmannii

Smooth Dock
Rumex altissimus

Wingpod Purslane
Portulaca umbraticola

Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata

Talayote
Cynanchum racemosum

Pyramid Flower
Melochia pyramidata

Pink Smartweed
Persicaria bicornis

Warty Caltrop
Kallstroemia parviflora

Texas Croton
Croton texensis

Cylindricfruit Primrose-willow
Ludwigia glandulosa

Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel
Oxalis dillenii

Guajillo
Senegalia berlandieri
Coast Barnyard Grass
Echinochloa walteri

Carolina Anemone
Anemone caroliniana

Winged Water-primrose
Ludwigia decurrens

Bristly Greenbrier
Smilax tamnoides
Western Horsenettle
Solanum dimidiatum

Littletooth Sedge
Carex microdonta

Spring Forget-me-not
Myosotis verna

Balsam Gourd
Ibervillea lindheimeri

Climbing Hempvine
Mikania scandens

Balloon-cherry
Physalis angulata

Spiny Hackberry
Celtis pallida

Moist-bank-pimpernel
Lindernia dubia

Largeseed Forget-me-not
Myosotis macrosperma

Smallflower Groundcherry
Physalis cinerascens

Birdwing Passionflower
Passiflora tenuiloba

Guayacan
Guaiacum angustifolium

Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum

Spiny Sida
Sida spinosa

Texas Madrone
Arbutus xalapensis

Texas Ragwort
Senecio ampullaceus

Sessile Tick-Clover
Desmodium sessilifolium

Carolina Mosquitofern
Azolla caroliniana

Running Mountaingrass
Oplismenus compositus

Narrowleaf Gumweed
Grindelia lanceolata

Golden Corydalis
Corydalis micrantha

Slender Plantain
Plantago heterophylla

Hairy Bedstraw
Galium pilosum

Lindheimer's Indigo
Indigofera lindheimeriana

Sand Bittercress
Cardamine parviflora

Southern Marsh Yellowcress
Rorippa teres

Carolina Horse-nettle
Solanum carolinense

Bracted Passionflower
Passiflora affinis

Heart-leaf Ampelopsis
Ampelopsis cordata

Lowland Rotala
Rotala ramosior

Virginia Copperleaf
Acalypha virginica

Beaked-sandbur
Solanum rostratum

Wild Tantan
Desmanthus virgatus

Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium aciculare

Great Plains Ragwort
Packera tampicana

Hairy Small-leaf Ticktrefoil
Desmodium ciliare

Engelmann's Spike-rush
Eleocharis engelmannii

Horrid Thistle
Cirsium horridulum

Downy Milkpea
Galactia volubilis

American Ash
Fraxinus americana

Vahl's Fimbry
Fimbristylis vahlii

Various-leaf Water-milfoil
Myriophyllum heterophyllum

Whiteroot Rush
Juncus brachycarpus

Poison-ivy
Toxicodendron radicans

Beach False Foxglove
Agalinis fasciculata

Texas-pea
Astragalus nuttallianus

Old-Field Three-Awn
Aristida oligantha

Tiny Bluet
Houstonia pusilla

Sessile Evening-primrose
Oenothera triloba

Prairie Bluets
Stenaria nigricans

Rustweed
Polypremum procumbens

Southern Cattail
Typha domingensis
Tansy Dogshade
Limnosciadium pinnatum

Narrowleaf Four O'clock
Mirabilis linearis

Texas Ash
Fraxinus texensis

Forked Rush
Juncus dichotomus

Bagpod
Sesbania vesicaria

Erect Dayflower
Commelina erecta

Humped Bladderwort
Utricularia gibba

Tropic Croton
Croton glandulosus

Pigweed
Chenopodium berlandieri

Clammy Ground-cherry
Physalis heterophylla

Hog-peanut
Amphicarpaea bracteata

Puerto Rico Fimbristylis
Fimbristylis autumnalis

Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata

Nuttall's Monolepis
Monolepis nuttalliana
Seaside Brookweed
Samolus parviflorus

Nettleleaf Noseburn
Tragia urticifolia

Frost Grape
Vitis vulpina

Slender Scratchdaisy
Croptilon divaricatum

Redseed Plantain
Plantago rhodosperma

Hoary Plantain
Plantago virginica

Largebract Indian Breadroot
Pediomelum cuspidatum

Carolina Water-shield
Cabomba caroliniana

Pleatleaf Knotweed
Polygonum tenue

Carelessweed
Amaranthus palmeri

Roughfruit Amaranth
Amaranthus tuberculatus

Northern Slender Lady's Tresses
Spiranthes lacera

Chintul
Cyperus articulatus

Ridge-seed Spurge
Euphorbia glyptosperma

Pennsylvania Pellitory
Parietaria pensylvanica

Common Duckmeat
Spirodela polyrhiza

Earth-almond
Cyperus esculentus

Bulbous Adderstongue
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

Dutchman's britches
Thamnosma texana

Narrowleaf Pinweed
Lechea tenuifolia

Calingale
Cyperus odoratus

White Morning-glory
Ipomoea lacunosa

Blackfoot Quillwort
Isoetes melanopoda

Potato Dwarfdandelion
Krigia dandelion

Bracted Fanpetals
Sida ciliaris

American Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia

Marsh-elder
Iva annua

White Twinheads
Eclipta prostrata

Rough False Pennyroyal
Hedeoma hispida

Denseflower Knotweed
Persicaria glabra

Curvepod
Corydalis curvisiliqua

Rocky Mountain Sage
Salvia reflexa

Wavyleaf Twinevine
Funastrum crispum

Purple Bindweed
Ipomoea cordatotriloba

Hairy Rosette Panicgrass
Dichanthelium acuminatum

Whorled catchfly
Silene stellata

Purple meadow rue
Thalictrum dasycarpum

Wild hyacinth
Camassia scilloides

Scaly blazing star
Liatris squarrosa

Blunt-lobe woodsia
Woodsia obtusa

American deerweed
Acmispon americanus

Texas fescue
Festuca versuta

Prairie skullcap
Scutellaria resinosa

Sixweeks fescue
Festuca octoflora

Bracted plantain
Plantago aristata

Shortbeak arrowhead
Sagittaria brevirostra

Western stoneseed
Lithospermum occidentale

Opuntia gomei
Opuntia gomei

Tall scouring rush
Equisetum praealtum

False acacia
Robinia pseudoacacia

Texas green eyes
Berlandiera texana

Great Plains milkvetch
Astragalus plattensis

Prairie-parsley
Polytaenia nuttallii

Mexican flowering fern
Anemia mexicana

Slippery elm
Ulmus rubra

Prairie beardtongue
Penstemon tubaeflorus

Split bluestem
Anatherum ternarium
May grass
Phalaris caroliniana
Fall care in the Blackland Prairie
What to do right now for plants commonly grown here. Each links to the full regional care guide for that species, with sources.
- Cinnamon fern
Fronds turn yellow and die back with the first frost. Fall is also a good time to plant new cinnamon ferns before next year's heat arrives.
- Carolina buckthorn
Fall is the better season to plant or transplant a Carolina buckthorn in North Texas, since cooler air and still warm soil let roots establish before winter.
- Mexican bird of paradise
Fall is a good second planting window for this shrub, and it keeps flowering into early fall as temperatures cool.
- Eastern beebalm
Bloom fades by early fall. This is the season to stop deadheading, let a few seed heads stand if you want the clump to fill in, and get the plant ready for winter.
- Sandpaper tree
Fall is a good time to plant so roots settle in before winter.
- Parralena
Fall bloom, seeding, and cleanup for five-needle prickleleaf in Dallas, TX.
- Limestone wild petunia
Blooms continue into fall. Cooler weather is a good time to plant or move it.
- Heal all
Fall is a good time to divide or move clumps. Blooms wind down as nights cool.
- Forest phlox
Fall is a good time to plant and to tidy. Cooler weather lets roots settle in before winter.
- Superb penstemon
Fall is a good time to plant or scatter seed. Cool weather helps roots settle before winter.
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