Texas Ecoregion
Coastal Prairies (Gulf Coast)
3 native plants suited to the Coastal Prairies of Texas.
The Coastal Prairies stretch along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana through Houston down to Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Delta. It is humid, low-elevation, and historically dominated by tallgrass prairie and salt marsh. Plants here tolerate humidity, occasional flooding, and salt spray near the coast.
Conditions: Sandy to clay loam, mostly neutral to slightly alkaline, 35–55 inches annual rainfall, humid subtropical climate, hurricane risk.
Cities and areas: Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Victoria.
3 Native Plants for the Coastal Prairies
All non-toxic per the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center plant database. Click a plant for full ecoregion-specific maintenance and HOA-friendly notes.
822 More Natives for the Coastal Prairies
From our full plant database, HOA-friendly picks first. Pet-safety status varies by species; each plant page shows its sourced ASPCA status.

Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium

Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis

Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa

Rattlesnake-master
Eryngium yuccifolium

Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum

Garden Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata

New Jersey-tea
Ceanothus americanus

Mallow-rose
Hibiscus moscheutos

Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis

Tall Grama Grass
Bouteloua curtipendula

Inland Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium

Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata

Narrow-leaf Mountain-mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Smooth Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis

Soft rush
Juncus effusus

Pale Echinacea
Echinacea pallida

American Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea

Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans

Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens

Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea

Gulf Muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris

Red Juniper
Juniperus virginiana

Red Maple
Acer rubrum

Stave Oak
Quercus alba

Black Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica

Lyre-leaf Sage
Salvia lyrata

Musclewood
Carpinus caroliniana

Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana

Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa

Longhead-coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Fringe-leaf Ruellia
Ruellia humilis

Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum

Scarlet Rose-mallow
Hibiscus laevis

Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa

Low Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata

Scarlet Sage
Salvia coccinea

Prairie Gayfeather
Liatris pycnostachya

Wafer-ash
Ptelea trifoliata

Alligator-wood
Liquidambar styraciflua

Virginia Wild Rye
Elymus virginicus

American Basswood
Tilia americana

Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis

American Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus

White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida

Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella

American Germander
Teucrium canadense

Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia

Horsemint
Monarda citriodora

Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior

Dotted Gayfeather
Liatris punctata

Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida

Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis

White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides

Angled Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum

Pigeonberry
Rivina humilis

Wood Fern
Thelypteris kunthii

Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius

Chile Pequin
Capsicum annuum

Large-flower Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora

Quercitron Oak
Quercus velutina

Ashy Sunflower
Helianthus mollis

Yellow Wild Indigo
Baptisia sphaerocarpa

Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans

Eastern Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
Buffalo Grass
Bouteloua dactyloides
Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus texensis

Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum

Rose-mallow
Hibiscus lasiocarpos

Prairie Spiderwort
Tradescantia occidentalis

Cherry Laurel
Prunus caroliniana

Horseherb
Calyptocarpus vialis

Aquatic Milkweed
Asclepias perennis

Powderpuff
Mimosa strigillosa

Basket Oak
Quercus michauxii

Western Sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis

Texas Sedge
Carex texensis

Southern Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum

Engelmann's Daisy
Engelmannia peristenia

Gulf Coast Penstemon
Penstemon tenuis

Four-wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens

Limestone Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens

Hyssopleaf Boneset
Eupatorium hyssopifolium

Pineywoods Dropseed
Sporobolus junceus

Chinkapin
Castanea pumila

Mexican Buckeye
Ungnadia speciosa

Bigtree Plum
Prunus mexicana

Butterfly Gaura
Oenothera lindheimeri

Bigfoot Waterclover
Marsilea macropoda

Roundleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium rotundifolium

Snakeherb
Dyschoriste linearis

Cucumberleaf sunflower
Helianthus debilis

Western Ironweed
Vernonia baldwinii

Farkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum

Bushy St. Johnswort
Hypericum densiflorum

Swamp Post Oak
Quercus lyrata

Texas lantana
Lantana urticoides

Whitetop Sedge
Rhynchospora colorata

Three-thorn-acacia
Gleditsia triacanthos

Zizotes Milkweed
Asclepias oenotheroides

Pitcher's Clematis
Clematis pitcheri

Woolly Stemodia
Stemodia lanata

Texas Persimmon
Diospyros texana

Blue Curls
Phacelia congesta

Water Oak
Quercus nigra

Zexmenia
Wedelia acapulcensis var. hispida

Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis

Green Comet Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora

Water Hyssop
Bacopa monnieri

Prairie-Gentian
Eustoma exaltatum

Bush Sunflower
Simsia calva

Sea Ox-eye Daisy
Borrichia frutescens

False aloe
Manfreda virginica

St. Andrew's-cross
Hypericum hypericoides

Barbara's Buttons
Marshallia caespitosa

Cowpen Daisy
Verbesina encelioides

Fragrant Gaillardia
Gaillardia suavis

Big sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii

Greenthread
Thelesperma filifolium

Scorpion's Tail
Heliotropium angiospermum

Yellow Star-grass
Hypoxis hirsuta

Leavenworth's sedge
Carex leavenworthii

Bitternut
Carya cordiformis

Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus

Thinfruit Sedge
Carex flaccosperma

Sugar Hackberry
Celtis laevigata

Roundhead prairie clover
Dalea multiflora

Carolina Buckthorn
Rhamnus caroliniana

Redtop Panicgrass
Coleataenia rigidula

Bushy Aster
Symphyotrichum dumosum

Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides

Large Leaf White Indigo
Baptisia lactea

Compact Prairie Clover
Dalea compacta

Hooded Arrowhead
Sagittaria calycina

Post Oak
Quercus stellata

Longbract Wild Indigo
Baptisia leucophaea

Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta

Slimflower scurfpea
Pediomelum tenuiflorum

Spanish Dagger
Yucca aloifolia

Drummond's Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Clasping Coneflower
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis

Chittamwood
Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Smooth Beggarticks
Bidens laevis

Narrow Leaf Elbow Bush
Forestiera angustifolia

Nuttall Oak
Quercus texana

Golden Tickseed
Coreopsis basalis

Small Yellow Fox Sedge
Carex annectens

Western soapberry
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii

Oval-leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora

Wright acacia
Senegalia wrightii

Engelmann's prickly pear
Opuntia engelmannii

Texas Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum hirsutum

Texas bluebells
Eustoma grandiflorum

Creeping Spotflower
Acmella repens

Bush's Sedge
Carex bushii

Evening Rain Lily
Zephyranthes chlorosolen

Texas Grama
Bouteloua rigidiseta
Blue Waterleaf
Hydrolea ovata

Bitter Beach Grass
Panicum amarum

Banana Waterlily
Nymphaea mexicana

Arnold Hawthorn
Crataegus mollis

Bog Rush
Juncus biflorus

American Basketflower
Plectocephalus americanus

Texas cupgrass
Eriochloa sericea

Mead's Sedge
Carex meadii

Shiny goldenrod
Solidago nitida

Texas Blue Sage
Salvia texana

Prairie Grass
Sphenopholis obtusata

Creeping Burhead
Echinodorus cordifolius

Coast Germander
Teucrium cubense

Texas Prairie Parsley
Polytaenia texana

Roughstem rosinweed
Silphium radula

Zigzag Iris
Iris brevicaulis

Eastern Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium atlanticum

Hairy Sunflower
Helianthus hirsutus

Texas Thistle
Cirsium texanum

Slender Woodoats
Chasmanthium laxum

Ravensfoot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi

Huisache Daisy
Amblyolepis setigera

Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris

Carolina Ponyfoot
Dichondra carolinensis

Bitter Sneezeweed
Helenium amarum

Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis

Texas Spiderwort
Tradescantia humilis

Hairy woollygrass
Erioneuron pilosum

Gregg Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia greggii

Missouri violet
Viola missouriensis

Southern Dewberry
Rubus trivialis

Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi

Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora

Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens

New Mexico Pennyroyal
Hedeoma drummondii

Chisme
Portulaca pilosa

Narrowleaf Puccoon
Lithospermum incisum

Narrowleaf Witchgrass
Dichanthelium linearifolium

Texas Verbena
Verbena halei

Horsetail
Equisetum hyemale spp. affine

Longspike Tridens
Tridens strictus

Carolina Woollywhite
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

Cut-Leaf Ironplant
Xanthisma spinulosum

Prairie False Foxglove
Agalinis heterophylla

Cypress Swamp Sedge
Carex joorii

Prairie Celestials
Nemastylis geminiflora

Velvet Panicum
Dichanthelium scoparium

Lindheimer Beebalm
Monarda lindheimeri

Vasey's Wild-lime
Adelia vaseyi

Hooker's Eryngo
Eryngium hookeri

Naked Mexican Hat
Ratibida peduncularis

Drummond's Woodsorrel
Oxalis drummondii

Texas Palafox
Palafoxia texana

Bristly Buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus

Trailing Ratany
Krameria lanceolata
Basil Beebalm
Monarda clinopodioides

Slimpod Rush
Juncus diffusissimus

Roundfruit Panicgrass
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon

Southwestern Bristlegrass
Setaria scheelei

Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja indivisa

Tropical Puff
Neptunia pubescens

California Loosestrife
Lythrum californicum

Texas Skeleton Plant
Lygodesmia texana

Showy Fanpetals
Sida lindheimeri

Betonyleaf Mistflower
Conoclinium betonicifolium

Torrey's Rush
Juncus torreyi

Featherleaf Desertpeony
Acourtia runcinata

Smallflower Wrightwort
Carlowrightia parviflora

Rosy Palafox
Palafoxia rosea

Louisiana Yucca
Yucca louisianensis

Texas Nightshade
Solanum triquetrum

Tenpetal Thimbleweed
Anemone berlandieri

Fescue Sedge
Carex festucacea

Wood Amaranth
Iresine rhizomatosa

Coma
Sideroxylon celastrinum

Devil's Bouquet
Nyctaginia capitata

Camphor Daisy
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala

Showy False Dragonhead
Physostegia pulchella
Pink Pappusgrass
Pappophorum bicolor

Hooded Windmill Grass
Chloris cucullata

Annual Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium rosulatum

Dwarf Papyrus Sedge
Cyperus haspan

Forked Panic Grass
Dichanthelium dichotomum

Slim-Spike Three-Awn Grass
Aristida longespica

Marsh Flat Sedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus

Red Lovegrass
Eragrostis secundiflora

Sundrops
Oenothera berlandieri

Carolina Sedge
Carex caroliniana

Doll's Daisy
Boltonia diffusa

Scarlet Pea
Indigofera miniata

Downy Lobelia
Lobelia puberula

Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha

Broadwing Sedge
Carex alata

Sharpscale Sedge
Carex oxylepis

White Four O'clock
Mirabilis albida

Drummond's Hedgenettle
Stachys drummondii

Axilflower
Mecardonia acuminata

Soft Goldenaster
Bradburia pilosa

Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea

Lazy Daisy
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis

Hairy Tube-tongue
Justicia pilosella

Barrens Silky Aster
Symphyotrichum pratense

Lindheimer Panicgrass
Dichanthelium lindheimeri

Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron

Coastal Stonecrop
Lenophyllum texanum

Reflexed Sedge
Carex retroflexa

Parralena
Thymophylla pentachaeta

Interior Rush
Juncus interior

Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum

Madagascar Dropseed
Sporobolus pyramidatus

Texas Coneflower
Rudbeckia texana

Texas Silverpuff
Chaptalia texana

Rough Coneflower
Rudbeckia grandiflora

Blackbrush Acacia
Vachellia rigidula

Tenaza
Havardia pallens

Nodding Beardtongue
Penstemon laxiflorus

Smallhead Sneezeweed
Helenium microcephalum

Plains Love Grass
Eragrostis intermedia

Green Sprangletop
Leptochloa dubia

Chandler's Craglily
Echeandia chandleri

Sleepy Daisy
Xanthisma texanum

Lotebush
Ziziphus obtusifolia

Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides

Sharp Blazing Star
Liatris acidota

Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica

Greeneyes
Berlandiera betonicifolia

Tall Poppymallow
Callirhoe leiocarpa

Baby Jump-up
Mecardonia procumbens

Dwarf Screwbean
Prosopis reptans var. cinerascens

Heartleaf Nettle
Urtica chamaedryoides

Western Primrose
Oenothera hartwegii

Painted Leaf Poinsettia
Euphorbia cyathophora

Peat Grass
Dichanthelium lanuginosum

Louisiana Spiderlily
Hymenocallis liriosme

Louisiana Sedge
Carex louisianica

Brownseed Paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum

Anacahuita
Cordia boissieri
White Tridens
Tridens albescens

Stiff Yellow Flax
Linum medium

White Milkwort
Polygala alba

Rosinweed Sunflower
Silphium radula var. gracile

Small White Aster
Symphyotrichum racemosum

Coyotillo
Karwinskia humboldtiana

Feather Pennisetum
Setaria parviflora

Grass-leaf Rush
Juncus marginatus

Heart's Delight
Abronia ameliae

Two-flower Melic
Melica mutica

Littlehip Hawthorn
Crataegus spathulata

Berlandier's Yellow Flax
Linum berlandieri

Prairie Acacia
Acacia angustissima

Slim Milkweed
Asclepias linearis

Savannah-panicgrass
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon

Low Menodora
Menodora heterophylla

Bracted Gayfeather
Liatris bracteata

Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii

Common Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Obedience
Physostegia virginiana

Canadian Elder
Sambucus canadensis

Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum

Horse-mint
Monarda punctata

Judastree
Cercis canadensis

Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana

Bastard Indigo-bush
Amorpha fruticosa

Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum

American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana

Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida

Buttonball
Platanus occidentalis

Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata

Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum

Texas Wisteria
Wisteria frutescens

Purple Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius

Green Antelopehorns
Asclepias viridis

Path Rush
Juncus tenuis

Purpletop Tridens
Tridens flavus

Broomsedge Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus

Pickerel-weed
Pontederia cordata

White Doll's Daisy
Boltonia asteroides

Maximilian's Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani

Lizard's-tail
Saururus cernuus

Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata

Possom-haw Holly
Ilex decidua
Black Willow
Salix nigra

Calliopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
Illinois Bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis

Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia

Indian-currant
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Anisescented Goldenrod
Solidago odora

Red Mulberry
Morus rubra

Shallow Sedge
Carex lurida

Frostweed
Verbesina virginica

Heal-all
Prunella vulgaris

White Evening-primrose
Oenothera speciosa

Sassafras
Sassafras albidum

Eastern Gama Grass
Tripsacum dactyloides

Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria

Great Scouring-rush
Equisetum hyemale

Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina

Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus

American Elm
Ulmus americana

Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii

Poison-milkweed
Euphorbia corollata

Wax Myrtle
Morella cerifera

Missouri Ironweed
Vernonia missurica

Drummond's Dogwood
Cornus drummondii

Nogal Morado
Carya illinoinensis

Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens

Ash-leaf Maple
Acer negundo

Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica

American Holly
Ilex opaca

White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima

Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia

Narrowleaf Willow
Salix exigua

Cenizo
Leucophyllum frutescens

Huisache
Vachellia farnesiana

Groundselbush
Baccharis halimifolia

Willow Oak
Quercus phellos

Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa

Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans

Black Walnut
Juglans nigra

Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea

Kidneywood
Eysenhardtia texana

Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda

Sloe Plum
Prunus umbellata

Live Oak
Quercus virginiana

Groovestem Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum plantagineum

Virginia Saltmarsh-mallow
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos

Green Milkweed
Asclepias hirtella

Catfoot
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa

Parsley Hawthorn
Crataegus marshallii

Smooth Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Fragrant Water-lily
Nymphaea odorata

Saltmarsh Fleabane
Pluchea odorata

American Angelica-tree
Aralia spinosa

Snapdragon Vine
Maurandella antirrhiniflora

Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides

Plains Yellow Primrose
Oenothera serrulata

Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora

Yellow Passionflower
Passiflora lutea

Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Late Goldenrod
Solidago altissima

Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus

Carolina Larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum

Canada Onion
Allium canadense

False Aloe
Manfreda maculosa

Fall Boneset
Eupatorium serotinum

Carolina Wolfberry
Lycium carolinianum

Two-wing Silverbell
Halesia diptera

Winged Elm
Ulmus alata

Tall Aster
Symphyotrichum praealtum

Southern Red Oak
Quercus falcata

Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Dragon-arum
Arisaema dracontium

Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera

Bulltongue Arrowhead
Sagittaria lancifolia

Black Sumac
Rhus copallina

Salt Grass
Distichlis spicata

Creeping Spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris

Texas Mountain Laurel
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum

Long-Flower Gaura
Oenothera filiformis

Texas Lantana
Lantana horrida

American Lotus
Nelumbo lutea

Sawgrass
Cladium jamaicense

Chairmaker's-rush
Schoenoplectus pungens

Stiff Dogwood
Cornus foemina

Violet Wood-sorrel
Oxalis violacea

Great Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum

Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata

Coontail
Ceratophyllum demersum

Agarita
Berberis trifoliolata

Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya

Lime Prickly-Ash
Zanthoxylum fagara

Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea

Cooper's-reed
Typha latifolia

Swamp Leatherflower
Clematis crispa

Marsh-elder
Iva frutescens

Spanish Dagger
Yucca treculeana

Texas Virgin's Bower
Clematis drummondii

American Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana

Powdery Thalia
Thalia dealbata

Shoreline Seapurslane
Sesuvium portulacastrum

Smooth Cordgrass
Spartina alterniflora

Cut-leaf Evening-primrose
Oenothera laciniata

Rattlesnake-weed
Daucus pusillus

Sandpaper Tree
Ehretia anacua

Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens

White Prickly Poppy
Argemone albiflora

Catclaw Briar
Mimosa nuttallii

Pink Thoroughwort
Fleischmannia incarnata

Rio Grande Butterfly Bush
Buddleja sessiliflora

Netleaf Hackberry
Celtis reticulata

Longleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus

Fringed Violet
Viola sagittata

Beach Morning Glory
Ipomoea imperati

Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli

Mexican Primrose Willow
Ludwigia octovalvis

Red-Root Flat Sedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos

Dudley's Rush
Juncus dudleyi
Variegated Spurge
Euphorbia marginata

Great Plains Goldentop
Euthamia gymnospermoides

Christmas Cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Slick-seed Fuzzy Bean
Strophostyles leiosperma

Michaelmas Daisy
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia

Branched Foldwing
Dicliptera brachiata

Texas Paloverde
Parkinsonia texana

Railroad Vine
Ipomoea pes-caprae

Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides
Big Cordgrass
Spartina cynosuroides

Lance-leaf Fogfruit
Phyla lanceolata

Old-witch Grass
Panicum capillare

Chickenweed
Euphorbia hypericifolia

Dull Meadow-pitcher
Rhexia mariana

Needle Spike-rush
Eleocharis acicularis

Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus

Torrey Yucca
Yucca torreyi

Roman-wormwood
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Panicled Tick-clover
Desmodium paniculatum

Beebrush
Aloysia gratissima

Carolina Moonseed
Cocculus carolinus

Globe Beaksedge
Rhynchospora globularis

Pearl Milkweed Vine
Matelea reticulata

Early Buttercup
Ranunculus fascicularis

Carolina Elephantsfoot
Elephantopus carolinianus

Western Prickly-pear
Opuntia macrorhiza

Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis

Blue Mud-plantain
Heteranthera limosa

Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius

Hairy Clover Fern
Marsilea vestita

Water Hickory
Carya aquatica

Cottony goldenaster
Chrysopsis gossypina

Fourvalve Mimosa
Mimosa quadrivalvis

Beaked Panicgrass
Coleataenia anceps

Shrubby Blue Sage
Salvia ballotiflora

Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia roemeriana

Muhlenberg's Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii

Clasping Venus's-looking-glass
Triodanis perfoliata

Giant Cane
Arundinaria gigantea

Browne's savory
Clinopodium brownei

Texas Croton
Croton texensis

Annual Seepweed
Suaeda linearis

Wingpod Purslane
Portulaca umbraticola

False Hop Sedge
Carex lupuliformis

Tiny Bluet
Houstonia pusilla

Hairy Umbrella-sedge
Fuirena squarrosa

Old-Field Three-Awn
Aristida oligantha

Field Paspalum
Paspalum laeve

Texas-pea
Astragalus nuttallianus

Mudbabies
Echinodorus tenellus

Beach False Foxglove
Agalinis fasciculata

Poison-ivy
Toxicodendron radicans

Vahl's Fimbry
Fimbristylis vahlii

Hairy Rosette Panicgrass
Dichanthelium acuminatum

Purple Bindweed
Ipomoea cordatotriloba

Drummond Red Maple
Acer rubrum var. drummondii

Golden Colicroot
Aletris aurea

Tepeguaje
Leucaena pulverulenta

Showy Palafoxia
Palafoxia hookeriana

White Twinheads
Eclipta prostrata

Bracted Fanpetals
Sida ciliaris

Blackfoot Quillwort
Isoetes melanopoda

Hachinal
Heimia salicifolia

Narrowleaf Pinweed
Lechea tenuifolia

Dutchman's britches
Thamnosma texana

Bulbous Adderstongue
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

Pennsylvania Pellitory
Parietaria pensylvanica

Snake-eyes
Phaulothamnus spinescens

Hoary Plantain
Plantago virginica

Redseed Plantain
Plantago rhodosperma

Slender Scratchdaisy
Croptilon divaricatum

Dwarf Sundew
Drosera brevifolia

Tenangle Pipewort
Eriocaulon decangulare

Velvet Lantana
Lantana achyranthifolia
Resurrection Fern
Pleopeltis polypodioides

Needlepod Rush
Juncus scirpoides

Prairie Cup Grass
Eriochloa contracta
White Spikerush
Eleocharis albida

Pineland Beaksedge
Rhynchospora perplexa

Dog Fennel
Eupatorium capillifolium

Procession Flower
Polygala incarnata

Short-point Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus

Spring Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes vernalis

Cortes Croton
Croton cortesianus

Anglestem Primrose-willow
Ludwigia leptocarpa

Dwarf Groundcherry
Physalis pumila

Chisos Mountain False Indian Mallow
Allowissadula holosericea

Escarpment Live Oak
Quercus fusiformis

Mexican Ash
Fraxinus berlandieriana

Texas Hog Plum
Colubrina texensis

Marsh Obedient Plant
Physostegia intermedia

Texas Torchwood
Amyris texana

Texas Baby-bonnets
Coursetia axillaris

Small-flowered Gaura
Oenothera curtiflora

Bunchy Flat Sedge
Cyperus polystachyos

Celery Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus

Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon

Rattan Vine
Berchemia scandens

Roughpod Spurge
Euphorbia spathulata

Brown Beetle-grass
Diplachne fusca

Canada Spikesedge
Eleocharis geniculata

Mucronate Sprangletop
Leptochloa panicea

Desert Yaupon
Schaefferia cuneifolia

Woolly Croton
Croton capitatus

Bristleleaf Pricklyleaf
Thymophylla tenuiloba

Poverty Weed
Baccharis neglecta

White Cutgrass
Leersia virginica

False Nut Sedge
Cyperus strigosus

Swamp Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus

Twoheaded Water-starwort
Callitriche heterophylla

Dwarf Spike-rush
Eleocharis parvula

Small Venus' Looking-glass
Triodanis biflora

Gulf Vervain
Verbena xutha

Mustang Grape
Vitis mustangensis

Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum

Muscadine Grape
Vitis rotundifolia

Prairie-berry
Solanum elaeagnifolium

Disk Waterhyssop
Bacopa rotundifolia

Cynthiana Grape
Vitis aestivalis

Keeled Bulrush
Isolepis carinata

Texas Madeiravine
Anredera vesicaria

Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus

Bigtop Lovegrass
Eragrostis hirsuta

Poison-bean
Sesbania drummondii

Ground-cherry
Physalis pubescens

Erect Spiderling
Boerhavia erecta

Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa

Least Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum

Evergreen Oak
Smilax rotundifolia

Crucillo
Randia obcordata

Spurred Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum

Silvery Everlasting
Gamochaeta argyrinea

Carolina Geranium
Geranium carolinianum

Broad-leaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla

Poorjoe
Diodia teres

Green Flatsedge
Cyperus virens

Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus

Bearded Flat Sedge
Cyperus squarrosus

Nodding Beaksedge
Rhynchospora inexpansa

Downy Milkpea
Galactia volubilis

Horrid Thistle
Cirsium horridulum

Hairy Small-leaf Ticktrefoil
Desmodium ciliare

Great Plains Ragwort
Packera tampicana

Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium aciculare

Smallflower Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila aphylla

Pennsylvania Bittercress
Cardamine pensylvanica

Wild Tantan
Desmanthus virgatus

Beaked-sandbur
Solanum rostratum

Dwarf Umbrella-sedge
Fuirena pumila

Hairy Pinweed
Lechea mucronata

Swamp Hornpod
Mitreola sessilifolia

Lanceleaf Greenbrier
Smilax smallii

Heart-leaf Ampelopsis
Ampelopsis cordata

Frostweed
Verbesina microptera

Southern Marsh Yellowcress
Rorippa teres

Sand Bittercress
Cardamine parviflora

Slender Plantain
Plantago heterophylla

Golden Corydalis
Corydalis micrantha

Texas Ragwort
Senecio ampullaceus

Maryland Milkwort
Polygala mariana

Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum

Florida Pellitory
Parietaria floridana

Largeseed Forget-me-not
Myosotis macrosperma

Tamaulipan Fiddlewood
Citharexylum berlandieri

Moist-bank-pimpernel
Lindernia dubia

Twistleaf Goldenrod
Solidago tortifolia

Southern Bluet
Houstonia micrantha

Spiny Hackberry
Celtis pallida

Balloon-cherry
Physalis angulata

Balsam Gourd
Ibervillea lindheimeri

Sierra Madre Torchwood
Amyris madrensis

Spring Forget-me-not
Myosotis verna

Bladdermallow
Herissantia crispa

Winged Water-primrose
Ludwigia decurrens
Coast Barnyard Grass
Echinochloa walteri

Guajillo
Senegalia berlandieri

California Caltrop
Kallstroemia californica

Multibloom Hoarypea
Tephrosia onobrychoides

Cylindricfruit Primrose-willow
Ludwigia glandulosa

Pyramid Flower
Melochia pyramidata

Looseflower Water-willow
Justicia lanceolata

Tamauilipan Spring Mistflower
Tamaulipa azurea

Talayote
Cynanchum racemosum

Brushholly
Xylosma flexuosa

Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata

Clammy Ground-cherry
Physalis heterophylla

Texas Ebony
Ebenopsis ebano

Herbwilliam
Ptilimnium capillaceum

Tropic Croton
Croton glandulosus

Erect Dayflower
Commelina erecta

Bagpod
Sesbania vesicaria

Variable Leaf Snailseed
Cocculus diversifolius

Forked Rush
Juncus dichotomus

Narrowleaf Four O'clock
Mirabilis linearis

Rustweed
Polypremum procumbens

Horseweed
Conyza canadensis

Prairie Bluets
Stenaria nigricans

Southern Cattail
Typha domingensis

Gulf Cordgrass
Spartina spartinae

Mexican Trixis
Trixis inula
Tansy Dogshade
Limnosciadium pinnatum

Humped Bladderwort
Utricularia gibba

Pigweed
Chenopodium berlandieri

Limestone Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum engelmannii

Six-weeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora

Heartwing Sorrel
Rumex hastatulus

Pink Smartweed
Persicaria bicornis

Marsh Mermaidweed
Proserpinaca palustris

Heller's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes

Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel
Oxalis dillenii

Carolina Anemone
Anemone caroliniana

Stinking Camphorweed
Pluchea foetida

Littletooth Sedge
Carex microdonta

Saltmarsh Morning-glory
Ipomoea sagittata

Climbing Hempvine
Mikania scandens

Babyslippers
Hybanthus verticillatus

Smallflower Groundcherry
Physalis cinerascens

Guayacan
Guaiacum angustifolium

Spiny Sida
Sida spinosa

Sessile Tick-Clover
Desmodium sessilifolium

Carolina Mosquitofern
Azolla caroliniana

Running Mountaingrass
Oplismenus compositus

Limoncillo
Esenbeckia berlandieri

Narrowleaf Gumweed
Grindelia lanceolata

Carolina Horse-nettle
Solanum carolinense

Lowland Rotala
Rotala ramosior

Southern Jointweed
Polygonella americana

Slender Copperleaf
Acalypha gracilens

Arrow-Feather
Aristida purpurascens

Hoary Bowlesia
Bowlesia incana

Hampshire-purslane
Ludwigia palustris

Bluewood Condalia
Condalia hookeri

Berlandier's Wolfberry
Lycium berlandieri

Blue Toadflax
Nuttallanthus canadensis

Upright Burhead
Echinodorus berteroi

Little Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes tuberosa

Florida Bluehearts
Buchnera floridana

Horseweed
Ambrosia trifida

Sawtooth Blackberry
Rubus argutus

Narrow-leaf Paleseed
Leucospora multifida

Sixweeks Grama
Bouteloua barbata

Trailing Fuzzybean
Strophostyles helvola

Floating Pennywort
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Plains Sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris

California-bur
Xanthium strumarium

Sleepy Catchfly
Silene antirrhina

Stiff-stem Flax
Linum rigidum

Coastal Plain Witchgrass
Dichanthelium longiligulatum

Cutleaf Water-Milfoil
Myriophyllum pinnatum

Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea

American Cotton
Gossypium hirsutum

Michaux's Croton
Croton michauxii

Louisiana Lettuce
Lactuca ludoviciana

Common Ground-cherry
Physalis longifolia

Densetuft Hairsedge
Bulbostylis capillaris

Beach Pearlwort
Sagina decumbens
Spanish-needles
Bidens bipinnata

Prostrate Sandmat
Euphorbia prostrata

Glossy Nightshade
Solanum ptychanthum

American Cudweed
Gamochaeta purpurea

Spotted Sandmat
Euphorbia maculata

Matted Sandmat
Euphorbia serpens

Water Star-grass
Heteranthera dubia

Carolina Crabgrass
Digitaria cognata

Japanese Poinsettia
Euphorbia heterophylla

Yellow Spikerush
Eleocharis flavescens

Low Spearwort
Ranunculus pusillus

Creeping-cucumber
Melothria pendula

Texas Star
Sabatia campestris

Crow-poison
Nothoscordum bivalve
Marsh Cress
Rorippa palustris

Scarlet Spiderling
Boerhavia coccinea

Carolina Fimbry
Fimbristylis puberula

Redroot
Amaranthus retroflexus

Texas Bull-nettle
Cnidoscolus texanus

False Water-pepper
Persicaria hydropiperoides

Lace Grass
Eragrostis capillaris

Florida Snake-cotton
Froelichia floridana

Roundfruit Hedgehyssop
Gratiola virginiana

Annual Saltmarsh Aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum

Dotted Smartweed
Persicaria punctata

Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa

Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum

Beaked Tasselweed
Ruppia maritima

American Burnweed
Erechtites hieraciifolius

Musquashroot
Cicuta maculata

Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
Tropical Amaranth
Amaranthus polygonoides

Texas Sabal Palm
Sabal mexicana

Dunbible-weed
Ambrosia psilostachya

Southern Bog Clubmoss
Lycopodiella appressa

Eyebane
Euphorbia nutans

Arkansas Leastdaisy
Chaetopappa asteroides

Field Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex

Slender Spikerush
Eleocharis tenuis

Smooth Buttonweed
Spermacoce glabra

Bushy Lipia
Lippia alba

Toothed Spurge
Euphorbia dentata

Little Scullcap
Scutellaria parvula

Laceflower
Ptilimnium nuttallii

Swamp Ricegrass
Leersia hexandra

Broomweed
Amphiachyris dracunculoides

Longleaf Plantain
Plantago elongata

Gronovius Dodder
Cuscuta gronovii

Duckweed
Lemna minor

Creeping Love Grass
Eragrostis hypnoides

Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata

Toothcup
Ammannia coccinea

Canada Sanicle
Sanicula canadensis

Swamp-privet
Forestiera acuminata

Pine Barren Flatsedge
Cyperus retrorsus

Necklaceweed
Veronica peregrina

Bedstraw
Galium tinctorium

Southern Prairie Aster
Eurybia hemispherica

Puerto Rico Fimbristylis
Fimbristylis autumnalis

Bluntleaf Bedstraw
Galium obtusum

Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata

Poorland Flatsedge
Cyperus compressus
Seaside Brookweed
Samolus parviflorus

Carolina Water-shield
Cabomba caroliniana

Carelessweed
Amaranthus palmeri

Roughfruit Amaranth
Amaranthus tuberculatus

Chintul
Cyperus articulatus

Ridge-seed Spurge
Euphorbia glyptosperma

Longstem Adderstongue
Ophioglossum petiolatum

Common Duckmeat
Spirodela polyrhiza

Earth-almond
Cyperus esculentus

Calingale
Cyperus odoratus

Creeping Bush-clover
Lespedeza repens

Potato Dwarfdandelion
Krigia dandelion

Hairy-pod Pepperwort
Lepidium lasiocarpum

American Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia

Marsh-elder
Iva annua

Rough False Pennyroyal
Hedeoma hispida

Denseflower Knotweed
Persicaria glabra

Fewflower Nutrush
Scleria pauciflora

Sandbar Willow
Salix interior

Biscuit Grass
Paspalum vaginatum

Whiteroot Rush
Juncus brachycarpus

Purple meadow rue
Thalictrum dasycarpum

Sturdy bulrush
Bolboschoenus robustus

Schoenoplectus americanus
Schoenoplectus americanus

Black mangrove
Avicennia germinans

Chairmaker's bulrush
Scirpus americanus

Bracted plantain
Plantago aristata

Dalrymple vigna
Vigna luteola

Saltmarsh aster
Symphyotrichum tenuifolium

Sixweeks fescue
Festuca octoflora

Western-purslane
Sesuvium verrucosum
May grass
Phalaris caroliniana

Adam's-needle
Yucca flaccida

Tall scouring rush
Equisetum praealtum

Solidago mexicana
Solidago mexicana

Gulf croton
Croton punctatus

Florida mayten
Tricerma phyllanthoides

Gulf coast spikerush
Eleocharis cellulosa

Longleaf wood oats
Chasmanthium sessiliflorum

Swamp-locust
Gleditsia aquatica

Ovateleaf cacalia
Arnoglossum ovatum

Opuntia gomei
Opuntia gomei

Split bluestem
Anatherum ternarium

Prairie-parsley
Polytaenia nuttallii

Baptisia leucantha
Baptisia leucantha
Fall care in the Coastal Prairies
What to do right now for plants commonly grown here. Each links to the full regional care guide for that species, with sources.
- Rock penstemon
Flowers can continue into fall. Keep the soil dry and tidy.
- Texas pipevine
Fall care and seed time for Texas Dutchman's pipe in Houston.
- White veined hardy dutchmans pipe
Fall slowdown and seed pods for white-veined Dutchman's pipe in Houston.
- Chinese star jessamine
Fall is a good time to plant and to tidy the vine before winter.
- Shortbeak sedge
Fall is the second strong growth window for plains oval sedge in Houston and a good time to plant new clumps as the heat breaks.
- Whorled milkweed
Fall is when whorled milkweed finishes blooming and sets seed in Houston, and it is a good late-season nectar stop for pollinators before cooler weather arrives.
- Splitbeard bluestem
Fall is when splitbeard bluestem earns its name, with silvery-white seed heads splitting open along the stem from August into November.
- Dotted gayfeather
Fall is peak bloom for this plant, and the spent stalks are worth leaving up through the season rather than cutting back right away.
- Scarlet rose mallow
Blooming carries on well into fall, and the plant is done for the year as soon as the first freeze hits.
- Narrowleaf blue eyed grass
Fall in the Houston area stays warm well into the season, so this plant keeps growing later here than it would farther north.
Build a plan for the Coastal Prairies
Pollinator Patch turns plants like these into a front-yard plan tuned for the soil, climate, and HOA expectations of the Houston area.


