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.
835 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.
Scarlet Lobelia
Lobelia cardinalis
Prairie Beard Grass
Schizachyrium scoparium
Black-eyed-susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Blackwell Switch Grass
Panicum virgatum
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Rattlesnake-master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Wood Grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Garden Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Narrow-leaf Mountain-mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Tall Grama Grass
Bouteloua curtipendula
Purple Love Grass
Eragrostis spectabilis
Broadleaf Chasmanthium
Chasmanthium latifolium
Smooth Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis
Pale Echinacea
Echinacea pallida
American Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
New Jersey-tea
Ceanothus americanus
Horsetail Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Mallow-rose
Hibiscus moscheutos
Fringe-leaf Ruellia
Ruellia humilis
Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
Prairie Gayfeather
Liatris pycnostachya
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa
Low Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
Purple Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Virginia Wild Rye
Elymus virginicus
Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
Stave Oak
Quercus alba
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
Red Juniper
Juniperus virginiana
Scarlet Rose-mallow
Hibiscus laevis
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Longhead-coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Black Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Wafer-ash
Ptelea trifoliata
American Germander
Teucrium canadense
Scarlet Sage
Salvia coccinea
Angled Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum
Lyre-leaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
American Basswood
Tilia americana
Musclewood
Carpinus caroliniana
Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
Horsemint
Monarda citriodora
Alligator-wood
Liquidambar styraciflua
Quercitron Oak
Quercus velutina
Yellow Wild Indigo
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
Dotted Gayfeather
Liatris punctata
Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Eastern Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
Pigeonberry
Rivina humilis
Ashy Sunflower
Helianthus mollis
Engelmann's Daisy
Engelmannia peristenia
Cherry Laurel
Prunus caroliniana
American Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus texensis
Wood Fern
Thelypteris kunthii
Bushy St. Johnswort
Hypericum densiflorum
Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum
Barbara's Buttons
Marshallia caespitosa
Swamp Post Oak
Quercus lyrata
Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
Chinkapin
Castanea pumila
Gulf Coast Penstemon
Penstemon tenuis
Zizotes Milkweed
Asclepias oenotheroides
Snakeherb
Dyschoriste linearis
Large-flower Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
Horseherb
Calyptocarpus vialis
Western Ironweed
Vernonia baldwinii
Rose-mallow
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
Southern Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
Western Sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis
Bigtree Plum
Prunus mexicana
Carolina Buckthorn
Rhamnus caroliniana
Pitcher's Clematis
Clematis pitcheri
Mexican Buckeye
Ungnadia speciosa
Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
Redtop Panicgrass
Coleataenia rigidula
Four-wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Cowpen Daisy
Verbesina encelioides
Sugar Hackberry
Celtis laevigata
Sea Ox-eye Daisy
Borrichia frutescens
Bitternut
Carya cordiformis
Oval-leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
Hyssopleaf Boneset
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Butterfly Gaura
Oenothera lindheimeri
Fragrant Gaillardia
Gaillardia suavis
Basket Oak
Quercus michauxii
Whitetop Sedge
Rhynchospora colorata
Compact Prairie Clover
Dalea compacta
Texas Persimmon
Diospyros texana
Aquatic Milkweed
Asclepias perennis
Clasping Coneflower
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis
Three-thorn-acacia
Gleditsia triacanthos
Bush Sunflower
Simsia calva
Small Yellow Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Prairie Spiderwort
Tradescantia occidentalis
Narrow Leaf Elbow Bush
Forestiera angustifolia
Bigfoot Waterclover
Marsilea macropoda
Smooth Beggarticks
Bidens laevis
Blue Curls
Phacelia congesta
Limestone Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
Prairie Grass
Sphenopholis obtusata
Huisache Daisy
Amblyolepis setigera
American Basketflower
Plectocephalus americanus
Thinfruit Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
Water Hyssop
Bacopa monnieri
Buffalo Grass
Bouteloua dactyloides
Zigzag Iris
Iris brevicaulis
Slender Woodoats
Chasmanthium laxum
Gregg Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia greggii
Texas Sage
Salvia texana
Longbract Wild Indigo
Baptisia leucophaea
Ravensfoot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
Bog Rush
Juncus biflorus
Prairie Grass
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Evening Rain Lily
Zephyranthes chlorosolen
Texas Spiderwort
Tradescantia humilis
Large Leaf White Indigo
Baptisia lactea
Southern Dewberry
Rubus trivialis
Golden Tickseed
Coreopsis basalis
Arnold Hawthorn
Crataegus mollis
Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
Green Comet Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora
Bush's Sedge
Carex bushii
Eastern Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
Chittamwood
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Powderpuff
Mimosa strigillosa
American Black Nightshade
Solanum americanum
Post Oak
Quercus stellata
Yellow Star-grass
Hypoxis hirsuta
Chile Pequin
Capsicum annuum
Texas Prairie Parsley
Polytaenia texana
Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis
Texas Grama
Bouteloua rigidiseta
Farkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Hairy Sunflower
Helianthus hirsutus
Drummond's Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis
St. Andrew's-cross
Hypericum hypericoides
Pineywoods Dropseed
Sporobolus junceus
Texas Thistle
Cirsium texanum
Greenthread
Thelesperma filifolium
Slim-Spike Three-Awn Grass
Aristida longespica
Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
Red Lovegrass
Eragrostis secundiflora
Coastal Stonecrop
Lenophyllum texanum
Beaked Panicgrass
Panicum anceps
Greeneyes
Berlandiera betonicifolia
White Tridens
Tridens albescens
Carolina Ponyfoot
Dichondra carolinensis
Showy False Dragonhead
Physostegia pulchella
Brownseed Paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum
Narrowleaf Puccoon
Lithospermum incisum
Louisiana Yucca
Yucca louisianensis
Tropical Puff
Neptunia pubescens
Devil's Bouquet
Nyctaginia capitata
Hooker's Eryngo
Eryngium hookeri
Western Wild Petunia
Ruellia occidentalis
Texas Verbena
Verbena halei
Texas Palafox
Palafoxia texana
Peat Grass
Dichanthelium lanuginosum
Tall Poppymallow
Callirhoe leiocarpa
Coma
Sideroxylon celastrinum
Lotebush
Ziziphus obtusifolia
Sharp Blazing Star
Liatris acidota
Texas Coneflower
Rudbeckia texana
Vasey's Wild-lime
Adelia vaseyi
Camphor Daisy
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala
Featherleaf Desertpeony
Acourtia runcinata
Scarlet Pea
Indigofera miniata
Coast Germander
Teucrium cubense
Littlehip Hawthorn
Crataegus spathulata
Green Sprangletop
Leptochloa dubia
Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
Savannah-panicgrass
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
Lindheimer Beebalm
Monarda lindheimeri
Bristly Buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
Bitter Beach Grass
Panicum amarum
Texas Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum hirsutum
Nodding Beardtongue
Penstemon laxiflorus
Sharpscale Sedge
Carex oxylepis
Prairie Celestials
Nemastylis geminiflora
Heartleaf Nettle
Urtica chamaedryoides
Hairy Tube-tongue
Justicia pilosella
Trailing Ratany
Krameria lanceolata
Blue Waterleaf
Hydrolea ovata
Parralena
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Prairie False Foxglove
Agalinis heterophylla
California Loosestrife
Lythrum californicum
Texas Nightshade
Solanum triquetrum
Anacahuita
Cordia boissieri
Sundrops
Oenothera berlandieri
Roundleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium rotundifolium
Bitter Sneezeweed
Helenium amarum
Blackbrush Acacia
Vachellia rigidula
Prairie-Gentian
Eustoma exaltatum
Small White Aster
Symphyotrichum racemosum
Feather Pennisetum
Setaria parviflora
Prairie Nymph
Herbertia lahue
Reflexed Sedge
Carex retroflexa
Basil Beebalm
Monarda clinopodioides
Forked Panic Grass
Dichanthelium dichotomum
Chandler's Craglily
Echeandia chandleri
Texas Skeleton Plant
Lygodesmia texana
Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
Drummond's Hedgenettle
Stachys drummondii
Dwarf Papyrus Sedge
Cyperus haspan
Hooded Windmill Grass
Chloris cucullata
Carolina Woollywhite
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
Arrowleaf Sida
Sida rhombifolia
Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica
Western Primrose
Oenothera hartwegii
Louisiana Spiderlily
Hymenocallis liriosme
Drummond's Woodsorrel
Oxalis drummondii
Betonyleaf Mistflower
Conoclinium betonicifolium
Barrens Silky Aster
Symphyotrichum pratense
Dwarf Screwbean
Prosopis reptans var. cinerascens
Heart's Delight
Abronia ameliae
Texas Pipevine
Aristolochia reticulata
Creeping Burhead
Echinodorus cordifolius
Showy Fanpetals
Sida lindheimeri
White Four O'clock
Mirabilis albida
Axilflower
Mecardonia acuminata
Sleepy Daisy
Xanthisma texanum
Two-flower Melic
Melica mutica
Southwestern Bristlegrass
Setaria scheelei
Annual Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Smallhead Sneezeweed
Helenium microcephalum
Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
Texas Silverpuff
Chaptalia texana
Marsh Flat Sedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus
Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja indivisa
Banana Waterlily
Nymphaea mexicana
Naked Mexican Hat
Ratibida peduncularis
Downy Lobelia
Lobelia puberula
Chisme
Portulaca pilosa
Torrey's Rush
Juncus torreyi
Rough Coneflower
Rudbeckia grandiflora
Washerwoman
Alternanthera caracasana
Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
Lazy Daisy
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis
Wood Amaranth
Iresine rhizomatosa
Fescue Sedge
Carex festucacea
Rosy Palafox
Palafoxia rosea
Seaside Petunia
Petunia parviflora
Baby Jump-up
Mecardonia procumbens
Ray Hartman California Lilac
Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'
Mead's Sedge
Carex meadii
Soft Goldenaster
Bradburia pilosa
Carolina Sedge
Carex caroliniana
New Mexico Pennyroyal
Hedeoma drummondii
Bushy Aster
Symphyotrichum dumosum
Tenpetal Thimbleweed
Anemone berlandieri
Velvet Panicum
Dichanthelium scoparium
Narrowleaf Witchgrass
Dichanthelium linearifolium
Prairie Acacia
Acacia angustissima
Prickly Pear
Opuntia engelmannii
Stiff Yellow Flax
Linum medium
Interior Rush
Juncus interior
Scorpion's Tail
Heliotropium angiospermum
Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
Slimpod Rush
Juncus diffusissimus
Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
Painted Leaf Poinsettia
Euphorbia cyathophora
Louisiana Sedge
Carex louisianica
Roundfruit Panicgrass
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
White Milkwort
Polygala alba
Lindheimer Panicgrass
Dichanthelium lindheimeri
Plains Love Grass
Eragrostis intermedia
Creeping Spotflower
Acmella repens
Berlandier'S Yellow Flax
Linum berlandieri
Broadwing Sedge
Carex alata
Cut-Leaf Ironplant
Xanthisma spinulosum
Madagascar Dropseed
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Cypress Swamp Sedge
Carex joorii
Grass-leaf Rush
Juncus marginatus
Obedience
Physostegia virginiana
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Common Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Polarplant
Silphium laciniatum
Horse-mint
Monarda punctata
Bastard Indigo-bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Green Antelopehorns
Asclepias viridis
Canadian Elder
Sambucus canadensis
Maximilian's Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Judastree
Cercis canadensis
Golden Cassia
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Pickerel-weed
Pontederia cordata
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Indian-currant
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Redtop
Tridens flavus
White Doll's Daisy
Boltonia asteroides
Calliopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
Purple Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
Illinois Bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis
Texas Wisteria
Wisteria frutescens
Broom-sedge
Andropogon virginicus
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Black Willow
Salix nigra
Buttonball
Platanus occidentalis
Lizard's-tail
Saururus cernuus
Heal-all
Prunella vulgaris
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Frostweed
Verbesina virginica
Poison-milkweed
Euphorbia corollata
Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata
Eastern Gama Grass
Tripsacum dactyloides
Wax Myrtle
Morella cerifera
Shallow Sedge
Carex lurida
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
Anisescented Goldenrod
Solidago odora
Ash-leaf Maple
Acer negundo
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
American Angelica-tree
Aralia spinosa
Green Milkweed
Asclepias hirtella
Drummond's Dogwood
Cornus drummondii
Broomsedge
Andropogon glomeratus
Missouri Ironweed
Vernonia missurica
White Evening-primrose
Oenothera speciosa
Possom-haw Holly
Ilex decidua
Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
American Elm
Ulmus americana
Snapdragon Vine
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Cenizo
Leucophyllum frutescens
Plains Yellow Primrose
Oenothera serrulata
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
Groovestem Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum plantagineum
Tall Aster
Symphyotrichum praealtum
Kidneywood
Eysenhardtia texana
Catfoot
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa
Fall Boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
Canada Onion
Allium canadense
Saltmarsh Fleabane
Pluchea odorata
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans
Great Scouring-rush
Equisetum hyemale
Fragrant Water-lily
Nymphaea odorata
Dragon-arum
Arisaema dracontium
Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
Nogal Morado
Carya illinoinensis
Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera
Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Texas Lantana
Lantana horrida
Sawgrass
Cladium jamaicense
Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Alamo Vine
Merremia dissecta
Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
Narrowleaf Willow
Salix exigua
Late Goldenrod
Solidago altissima
Carolina Larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum
False Aloe
Manfreda maculosa
Agarita
Berberis trifoliolata
Cooper's-reed
Typha latifolia
Texas Virgin's Bower
Clematis drummondii
Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia
Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
Smooth Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Yellow Passionflower
Passiflora lutea
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Great Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
Marsh-elder
Iva frutescens
Groundselbush
Baccharis halimifolia
Parsley Hawthorn
Crataegus marshallii
Texas Mountain Laurel
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
Huisache
Vachellia farnesiana
Muhlenberg's Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
Pearl Milkweed Vine
Matelea reticulata
Southern Red Oak
Quercus falcata
Violet Wood-sorrel
Oxalis violacea
Mexican Primrose Willow
Ludwigia octovalvis
Spanish Dagger
Yucca treculeana
Black Sumac
Rhus copallina
Hairy Clover Fern
Marsilea vestita
Beach Morning Glory
Ipomoea imperati
Dudley's Rush
Juncus dudleyi
Texas Paloverde
Parkinsonia texana
Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli
Globe Beaksedge
Rhynchospora globularis
Long-Flower Gaura
Oenothera filiformis
Fragrant Mistflower
Chromolaena odorata
Great Plains Goldentop
Euthamia gymnospermoides
Catclaw Briar
Mimosa nuttallii
Early Buttercup
Ranunculus fascicularis
Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia roemeriana
Carolina Wolfberry
Lycium carolinianum
Torrey Yucca
Yucca torreyi
Lance-leaf Fogfruit
Phyla lanceolata
Fourvalve Mimosa
Mimosa quadrivalvis
Sloe Plum
Prunus umbellata
Chairmaker's-rush
Schoenoplectus pungens
Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
Stiff Dogwood
Cornus foemina
Railroad Vine
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Michaelmas Daisy
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Smooth Cordgrass
Spartina alterniflora
Virginia Saltmarsh-mallow
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Water Hickory
Carya aquatica
Pigeonberry
Phytolacca americana
Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus
Slick-seed Fuzzy Bean
Strophostyles leiosperma
Old-witch Grass
Panicum capillare
Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
Red-Root Flat Sedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Bulltongue Arrowhead
Sagittaria lancifolia
Panicled Tick-clover
Desmodium paniculatum
Carolina Moonseed
Cocculus carolinus
Blue Mud-plantain
Heteranthera limosa
Creeping Spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris
Marsh Grass
Spartina patens
Clasping Venus's-looking-glass
Triodanis perfoliata
Needle Spike-rush
Eleocharis acicularis
Rio Grande Butterfly Bush
Buddleja sessiliflora
Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
Beebrush
Aloysia gratissima
Two-wing Silverbell
Halesia diptera
Variegated Spurge
Euphorbia marginata
Volée
Nelumbo lutea
Salt Grass
Distichlis spicata
Western Prickly-pear
Opuntia macrorhiza
Big Cordgrass
Spartina cynosuroides
Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica
Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides
Christmas Cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Rattlesnake-weed
Daucus pusillus
Beaked Panicgrass
Coleataenia anceps
Giant Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata
False Water-pepper
Persicaria hydropiperoides
Prairie Bluets
Stenaria nigricans
Texas Hog Plum
Colubrina texensis
Pigweed
Chenopodium berlandieri
Brushholly
Xylosma flexuosa
Florida Snake-cotton
Froelichia floridana
Roundfruit Hedgehyssop
Gratiola virginiana
Nodding Beaksedge
Rhynchospora inexpansa
Escarpment Live Oak
Quercus fusiformis
Field Sandbur
Cenchrus incertus
Crow-poison
Nothoscordum bivalve
Marsh Mermaidweed
Proserpinaca palustris
Dwarf Umbrella-sedge
Fuirena pumila
Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel
Oxalis dillenii
Pineland Beaksedge
Rhynchospora perplexa
Water Star-grass
Heteranthera dubia
Carolina Fimbry
Fimbristylis puberula
Six-weeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
Climbing Hempvine
Mikania scandens
Spring Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes vernalis
Poison-ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
Needlepod Rush
Juncus scirpoides
Eyebane
Chamaesyce nutans
Densetuft Hairsedge
Bulbostylis capillaris
Heller's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Fewflower Nutrush
Scleria pauciflora
Biscuit Grass
Paspalum vaginatum
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardi
Mouse-ear Chickweed
Cerastium glomeratum
Upright Burhead
Echinodorus berteroi
Florida Bluehearts, Savannah Bluehearts
Buchnera floridana
California-bur
Xanthium strumarium
Texas Bull-nettle
Cnidoscolus texanus
Woolly Croton
Croton capitatus
Gronovius Dodder
Cuscuta gronovii
Climbing Dayflower
Commelina diffusa
White Prickly Poppy
Argemone albiflora
Narrowleaf Gumweed
Grindelia lanceolata
Winged Water-primrose
Ludwigia decurrens
California Caltrop
Kallstroemia californica
Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
Shoreline Seapurslane
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Bearded Flat Sedge
Cyperus squarrosus
Rattan Vine
Berchemia scandens
Common Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Sixweeks Grama
Bouteloua barbata
Sierra Madre Torchwood
Amyris madrensis
Green Flatsedge
Cyperus virens
Bushy Lipia
Lippia alba
Sandbar Willow
Salix interior
Chickenweed
Euphorbia hypericifolia
Bristleleaf Pricklyleaf
Thymophylla tenuiloba
Muscadine Grape
Vitis rotundifolia
Hardy Orange
Poncirus trifoliata
Slender Plantain
Plantago heterophylla
Curled Dock
Rumex crispus
Blowball
Taraxacum officinale
Dotted Smartweed
Persicaria punctata
Texas Ragwort
Senecio ampullaceus
Horseweed
Erigeron canadensis
Smallflower Groundcherry
Physalis cinerascens
Procession Flower
Polygala incarnata
Stiff-stem Flax
Linum rigidum
Prairie Bluets
Hedyotis nigricans
Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium aciculare
Coastal Plain Witchgrass
Dichanthelium longiligulatum
Maryland Milkwort
Polygala mariana
Narrow-leaf Paleseed
Leucospora multifida
Dunbible-weed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Ridge-seed Spurge
Euphorbia glyptosperma
False Hop Sedge
Carex lupuliformis
American Burnweed
Erechtites hieraciifolius
Saltmarsh Morning-glory
Ipomoea sagittata
Blackfoot Quillwort
Isoetes melanopoda
Drummond Red Maple
Acer rubrum var. drummondii
Musquashroot
Cicuta maculata
Melon
Cucumis melo
Yellow Sweetclover
Melilotus officinalis
Coffeebush
Leucaena leucocephala
Cutleaf Water-Milfoil
Myriophyllum pinnatum
Longstem Adderstongue
Ophioglossum petiolatum
Pennsylvania Pellitory
Parietaria pensylvanica
Sandpaper Tree
Ehretia anacua
Southern Bluet
Houstonia micrantha
Hairy Buttercup
Ranunculus sardous
Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
Wild Tantan
Desmanthus virgatus
Carolina Geranium
Geranium carolinianum
Calingale
Cyperus odoratus
Common Duckmeat
Spirodela polyrhiza
Swamp Leatherflower
Clematis crispa
Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
Bigtop Lovegrass
Eragrostis hirsuta
Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea
Lace Grass
Eragrostis capillaris
Louisiana Lettuce
Lactuca ludoviciana
Shellflower
Pistia stratiotes
Tenangle Pipewort
Eriocaulon decangulare
Dyer's Woodruff
Asperula tinctoria
Yellow Spikerush
Eleocharis flavescens
Carolina Water-shield
Cabomba caroliniana
Poorjoe
Diodia teres
Marsh Obedient Plant
Physostegia intermedia
Eyebane
Euphorbia nutans
Swamp-privet
Forestiera acuminata
Field Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
Golden Cassia
Cassia fasciculata
Branched Centaury
Centaurium pulchellum
Looseflower Water-willow
Justicia lanceolata
Christmas Cactus
Opuntia leptocaulis
Fringed Violet
Viola sagittata
Bunchy Flat Sedge
Cyperus polystachyos
Laceflower
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Southern Marsh Yellowcress
Rorippa teres
Multibloom Hoarypea
Tephrosia onobrychoides
Dwarf Groundcherry
Physalis pumila
Persian-lilac
Melia azedarach
Broomweed
Amphiachyris dracunculoides
Disk Waterhyssop
Bacopa rotundifolia
Longleaf Plantain
Plantago elongata
Snake-eyes
Phaulothamnus spinescens
Whiteroot Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
Creeping Bush-clover
Lespedeza repens
American Cudweed
Gamochaeta purpurea
Spotted Sandmat
Euphorbia maculata
Shrubby Blue Sage
Salvia ballotiflora
Carolina Crabgrass
Digitaria cognata
Rough False Pennyroyal
Hedeoma hispida
Sand Bittercress
Cardamine parviflora
Pine Barren Flatsedge
Cyperus retrorsus
Michaux's Croton
Croton michauxii
Chingma-lantern
Abutilon theophrasti
Toothed Spurge
Euphorbia dentata
Downy Milkpea
Galactia volubilis
Stinkgrass
Eragrostis cilianensis
Prairie-berry
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Bedstraw
Galium tinctorium
Powdery Thalia
Thalia dealbata
Dallisgrass
Paspalum dilatatum
Prickly Russian Thistle
Salsola tragus
Great Plains Ragwort
Packera tampicana
Mustang Grape
Vitis mustangensis
Smallflower Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila aphylla
Babyslippers
Hybanthus verticillatus
Tansy Dogshade
Limnosciadium pinnatum
Pennsylvania Bittercress
Cardamine pensylvanica
Marsh Parsley
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
Creeping-cucumber
Melothria pendula
Texas Star
Sabatia campestris
Beaked-sandbur
Solanum rostratum
Erect Dayflower
Commelina erecta
Black Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Little Bur-clover
Medicago minima
Spotted Sandmat
Euphorbia supina
Carolina Anemone
Anemone caroliniana
Plains Sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris
Common Chickweed
Stellaria media
Gulf Vervain
Verbena xutha
Texas Torchwood
Amyris texana
Bluntleaf Bedstraw
Galium obtusum
London Rocket
Sisymbrium irio
Balsam Gourd
Ibervillea lindheimeri
Hardy Orange
Citrus trifoliata
Spring Forget-me-not
Myosotis verna
Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Prostrate Sandmat
Chamaesyce prostrata
Southern Prairie Aster
Eurybia hemispherica
Spiny Sida
Sida spinosa
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Dog Fennel
Eupatorium capillifolium
Slender Scratchdaisy
Croptilon divaricatum
Woodrush Flatsedge
Cyperus entrerianus
California-rape
Sinapis arvensis
Resurrection Fern
Pleopeltis polypodioides
Coast Barnyard Grass
Echinochloa walteri
Redroot
Amaranthus retroflexus
Marsh-elder
Iva annua
White Twinheads
Eclipta prostrata
Fetid Passionflower
Passiflora foetida
Hairy Umbrella-sedge
Fuirena squarrosa
Heartwing Sorrel
Rumex hastatulus
Southern Bog Clubmoss
Lycopodiella appressa
Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
Mexican Trixis
Trixis inula
Talayote
Cynanchum racemosum
Puerto Rico Fimbristylis
Fimbristylis autumnalis
Velvet Lantana
Lantana achyranthifolia
Carolina Mosquitofern
Azolla caroliniana
Mudbabies
Echinodorus tenellus
Bird'S-Eye
Anagallis arvensis
Spurred Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum
Bagpod
Sesbania vesicaria
Chickenspike
Sphenoclea zeylanica
Longleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus
Hampshire-purslane
Ludwigia palustris
Texas Ebony
Ebenopsis ebano
Horrid Thistle
Cirsium horridulum
Variable Leaf Snailseed
Cocculus diversifolius
Pink Smartweed
Persicaria bicornis
Rough Milk Thistle
Sonchus asper
Horseweed
Conyza canadensis
Vahl's Fimbry
Fimbristylis vahlii
Short-point Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
Dwarf Sundew
Drosera brevifolia
Marsh Cress
Rorippa palustris
Russian Mulberry
Morus alba
Coontail
Ceratophyllum demersum
Poorland Flatsedge
Cyperus compressus
Tropical Amaranth
Amaranthus polygonoides
Crucillo
Randia obcordata
Beaked Tasselweed
Ruppia maritima
Small Venus' Looking-glass
Triodanis biflora
Annual Seepweed
Suaeda linearis
Thyme-leaf Sandwort
Arenaria serpyllifolia
Twistleaf Goldenrod
Solidago tortifolia
Hairy-pod Pepperwort
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Small-flowered Gaura
Oenothera curtiflora
Desert Yaupon
Schaefferia cuneifolia
Toothcup
Ammannia coccinea
Turnsole
Heliotropium indicum
Hairy Rosette Panicgrass
Dichanthelium acuminatum
Matted Sandmat
Euphorbia serpens
Dwarf Spike-rush
Eleocharis parvula
Tamaulipan Fiddlewood
Citharexylum berlandieri
Tiny Bluet
Houstonia pusilla
Canada Spikesedge
Eleocharis geniculata
Floating Pennywort
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Running Mountaingrass
Oplismenus compositus
Evergreen Oak
Smilax rotundifolia
Pink Thoroughwort
Fleischmannia incarnata
Fiddle Dock
Rumex pulcher
Balloonvine
Cardiospermum halicacabum
Texas Croton
Croton texensis
Sleepy Catchfly
Silene antirrhina
Umbrella Sedge
Cyperus iria
Annual Saltmarsh Aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum
Earth-almond
Cyperus esculentus
Swamp Hornpod
Mitreola sessilifolia
White Spikerush
Eleocharis albida
Bulbous Adderstongue
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides
Necklaceweed
Veronica peregrina
Cynthiana Grape
Vitis aestivalis
Texas Baby-bonnets
Coursetia axillaris
Spotted Sandmat
Chamaesyce maculata
Broomweed
Malvastrum coromandelianum
Little Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes tuberosa
Lanceleaf Greenbrier
Smilax smallii
Golden Corydalis
Corydalis micrantha
Poison-bean
Sesbania drummondii
Slender Copperleaf
Acalypha gracilens
Chintul
Cyperus articulatus
Poverty Weed
Baccharis neglecta
Cleavers
Galium aparine
Arrow-Feather
Aristida purpurascens
Trailing Fuzzybean
Strophostyles helvola
Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Hoary Bowlesia
Bowlesia incana
Beach False Foxglove
Agalinis fasciculata
Seaside Brookweed
Samolus parviflorus
Balloon-cherry
Physalis angulata
Alligator-weed
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Hachinal
Heimia salicifolia
Keeled Bulrush
Isolepis carinata
Blue Toadflax
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Mucronate Sprangletop
Leptochloa panicea
Little Scullcap
Scutellaria parvula
Slender Spikerush
Eleocharis tenuis
Florida Pellitory
Parietaria floridana
Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
Sawtooth Blackberry
Rubus argutus
Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
Texas Madeiravine
Anredera vesicaria
Slender Amaranth
Amaranthus viridis
Barbados Cherry
Malpighia glabra
Roughpod Spurge
Euphorbia spathulata
Brown Beetle-grass
Diplachne fusca
Japanese Poinsettia
Euphorbia heterophylla
Stinking Camphorweed
Pluchea foetida
Japanese Climbing Fern
Lygodium japonicum
Hoary Plantain
Plantago virginica
Texas Sabal Palm
Sabal mexicana
Swamp Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus
Spiny Hackberry
Celtis pallida
Narrowleaf Pinweed
Lechea tenuifolia
Narrowleaf Four O'clock
Mirabilis linearis
Roman-wormwood
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Golden Colicroot
Aletris aurea
Broad-leaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
Annual Bluegrass
Poa annua
Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
Large-flower Pink-sorrel
Oxalis debilis
Potato Dwarfdandelion
Krigia dandelion
Humped Bladderwort
Utricularia gibba
Southern Cattail
Typha domingensis
Twoheaded Water-starwort
Callitriche heterophylla
Forked Rush
Juncus dichotomus
Moist-bank-pimpernel
Lindernia dubia
Limestone Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum engelmannii
Texas-pea
Astragalus nuttallianus
American Cotton
Gossypium hirsutum
Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
Least Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum
Common Ground-cherry
Physalis longifolia
Lesser Swine-cress
Coronopus didymus
Silvery Everlasting
Gamochaeta argyrinea
Scarlet Spiderling
Boerhavia coccinea
Sessile Tick-Clover
Desmodium sessilifolium
Prostrate Sandmat
Euphorbia prostrata
Erect Spiderling
Boerhavia erecta
Duckweed
Lemna minor
Swamp Ricegrass
Leersia hexandra
Old-Field Three-Awn
Aristida oligantha
Cut-leaf Evening-primrose
Oenothera laciniata
Beach Pearlwort
Sagina decumbens
Roughfruit Amaranth
Amaranthus tuberculatus
Redseed Plantain
Plantago rhodosperma
Denseflower Knotweed
Persicaria glabra
Ground-cherry
Physalis pubescens
Heart-leaf Ampelopsis
Ampelopsis cordata
Showy Palafoxia
Palafoxia hookeriana
Bahiagrass
Paspalum notatum
Arkansas Leastdaisy
Chaetopappa asteroides
Hairy Pinweed
Lechea mucronata
Branched Foldwing
Dicliptera brachiata
Dull Meadow-pitcher
Rhexia mariana
Horseweed
Ambrosia trifida
Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
Field Burweed
Soliva sessilis
Spanish-needles
Bidens bipinnata
Vasey's Grass
Paspalum urvillei
Jesusplant
Persicaria maculosa
Largeseed Forget-me-not
Myosotis macrosperma
Anglestem Primrose-willow
Ludwigia leptocarpa
Southern Jointweed
Polygonella americana
Smut Grass
Sporobolus indicus
Gulf Cordgrass
Spartina spartinae
Celery Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus
Durban Crowfoot
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Mexican Ash
Fraxinus berlandieriana
Netleaf Hackberry
Celtis reticulata
Carolina Horse-nettle
Solanum carolinense
Lowland Rotala
Rotala ramosior
Wingpod Purslane
Portulaca umbraticola
Glossy Nightshade
Solanum ptychanthum
Carelessweed
Amaranthus palmeri
False Nut Sedge
Cyperus strigosus
Purple Bindweed
Ipomoea cordatotriloba
Prairie Cup Grass
Eriochloa contracta
Field Paspalum
Paspalum laeve
Bracted Fanpetals
Sida ciliaris
Chisos Mountain False Indian Mallow
Allowissadula holosericea
Yellow Prairie Flax
Linum berlandieri var. berlandieri
American Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia
Littletooth Sedge
Carex microdonta
Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata
Guayacan
Guaiacum angustifolium
White Cutgrass
Leersia virginica
Lime Prickly-Ash
Zanthoxylum fagara
Clammy Ground-cherry
Physalis heterophylla
Tropic Croton
Croton glandulosus
Carolina Elephantsfoot
Elephantopus carolinianus
Tall Fleabane
Conyza bonariensis
Pyramid Flower
Melochia pyramidata
Chocolateweed
Melochia corchorifolia
Herbwilliam
Ptilimnium capillaceum
Canada Sanicle
Sanicula canadensis
Bladdermallow
Herissantia crispa
Rustweed
Polypremum procumbens
Hairy Small-leaf Ticktrefoil
Desmodium ciliare
Cylindricfruit Primrose-willow
Ludwigia glandulosa
Smooth Buttonweed
Spermacoce glabra
Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
Creeping Love Grass
Eragrostis hypnoides
Berlandier's Wolfberry
Lycium berlandieri
Low Spearwort
Ranunculus pusillus
Smooth Cordgrass
Sporobolus alterniflorus
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