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.
845 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
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
New Jersey-tea
Ceanothus americanus
American Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Horsetail Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata
Mallow-rose
Hibiscus moscheutos
Fringe-leaf Ruellia
Ruellia humilis
Azure Blue Sage
Salvia azurea
Eastern Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa
Prairie Gayfeather
Liatris pycnostachya
Low Poppymallow
Callirhoe involucrata
Purple Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Red Juniper
Juniperus virginiana
Coral Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Longhead-coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
Stave Oak
Quercus alba
White Prairie Clover
Dalea candida
Calico Aster
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Canada Wild Rye
Elymus canadensis
Virginia Wild Rye
Elymus virginicus
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Scarlet Rose-mallow
Hibiscus laevis
Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
Black Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica
Bur Oak
Quercus macrocarpa
Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Musclewood
Carpinus caroliniana
Lyre-leaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
American Germander
Teucrium canadense
Scarlet Sage
Salvia coccinea
Angled Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum alatum
American Basswood
Tilia americana
Wafer-ash
Ptelea trifoliata
Shortbeak Sedge
Carex brevior
Horsemint
Monarda citriodora
Alligator-wood
Liquidambar styraciflua
Quercitron Oak
Quercus velutina
Yellow Wild Indigo
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
Dotted Gayfeather
Liatris punctata
Cherry Laurel
Prunus caroliniana
Ashy Sunflower
Helianthus mollis
Texas Bluebonnet
Lupinus texensis
Pigeonberry
Rivina humilis
Eastern Woodland Sedge
Carex blanda
Engelmann's Daisy
Engelmannia peristenia
American Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Cherokee Sedge
Carex cherokeensis
Whitetinge Sedge
Carex albicans
Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia
Barbara's Buttons
Marshallia caespitosa
Horseherb
Calyptocarpus vialis
Bushy St. Johnswort
Hypericum densiflorum
Swamp Post Oak
Quercus lyrata
Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum
Wood Fern
Thelypteris kunthii
Large-flower Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora
Rose-mallow
Hibiscus lasiocarpos
Southern Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
Gulf Coast Penstemon
Penstemon tenuis
Texas Sedge
Carex texensis
Western Ironweed
Vernonia baldwinii
Chinkapin
Castanea pumila
Zizotes Milkweed
Asclepias oenotheroides
Snakeherb
Dyschoriste linearis
Western Sunflower
Helianthus occidentalis
Whitetop Sedge
Rhynchospora colorata
Butterfly Gaura
Oenothera lindheimeri
Blue Curls
Phacelia congesta
Bigtree Plum
Prunus mexicana
Redtop Panicgrass
Coleataenia rigidula
Basket Oak
Quercus michauxii
Bush Sunflower
Simsia calva
Hyssopleaf Boneset
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Sea Ox-eye Daisy
Borrichia frutescens
Narrow Leaf Elbow Bush
Forestiera angustifolia
Cowpen Daisy
Verbesina encelioides
Small Yellow Fox Sedge
Carex annectens
Carolina Buckthorn
Rhamnus caroliniana
Fragrant Gaillardia
Gaillardia suavis
Pitcher's Clematis
Clematis pitcheri
Blunt Broom Sedge
Carex tribuloides
Splitbeard Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
Limestone Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
Prairie Spiderwort
Tradescantia occidentalis
Four-wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens
Bigfoot Waterclover
Marsilea macropoda
Clasping Coneflower
Rudbeckia amplexicaulis
Aquatic Milkweed
Asclepias perennis
Smooth Beggarticks
Bidens laevis
Oval-leaf Sedge
Carex cephalophora
Bitternut
Carya cordiformis
Sugar Hackberry
Celtis laevigata
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Three-thorn-acacia
Gleditsia triacanthos
Mexican Buckeye
Ungnadia speciosa
Compact Prairie Clover
Dalea compacta
Texas Persimmon
Diospyros texana
Golden Tickseed
Coreopsis basalis
Southern Dewberry
Rubus trivialis
Ravensfoot Sedge
Carex crus-corvi
Huisache Daisy
Amblyolepis setigera
Longbract Wild Indigo
Baptisia leucophaea
Eastern Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
Texas Grama
Bouteloua rigidiseta
American Black Nightshade
Solanum americanum
Chittamwood
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Chile Pequin
Capsicum annuum
Gregg Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia greggii
Prairie Grass
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Powderpuff
Mimosa strigillosa
Greenthread
Thelesperma filifolium
Texas Prairie Parsley
Polytaenia texana
Bush's Sedge
Carex bushii
Pineywoods Dropseed
Sporobolus junceus
Green Comet Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora
Zigzag Iris
Iris brevicaulis
Slender Woodoats
Chasmanthium laxum
Farkleberry
Vaccinium arboreum
Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
Texas Spiderwort
Tradescantia humilis
Buffalo Grass
Bouteloua dactyloides
Bog Rush
Juncus biflorus
Thinfruit Sedge
Carex flaccosperma
St. Andrew's-cross
Hypericum hypericoides
Water Hyssop
Bacopa monnieri
Evening Rain Lily
Zephyranthes chlorosolen
Drummond's Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis
Texas Blue Sage
Salvia texana
Large Leaf White Indigo
Baptisia lactea
American Basketflower
Plectocephalus americanus
Hairy Grama
Bouteloua hirsuta
Yellow Star-grass
Hypoxis hirsuta
Hairy Sunflower
Helianthus hirsutus
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Lanceleaf Blanketflower
Gaillardia aestivalis
Arnold Hawthorn
Crataegus mollis
Texas Thistle
Cirsium texanum
Post Oak
Quercus stellata
Prairie Grass
Sphenopholis obtusata
Grass-leaf Rush
Juncus marginatus
Rough Coneflower
Rudbeckia grandiflora
Leavenworth's sedge
Carex leavenworthii
Narrowleaf Puccoon
Lithospermum incisum
Texas Verbena
Verbena halei
Texas cupgrass
Eriochloa sericea
Hairy woollygrass
Erioneuron pilosum
Texas bluebells
Eustoma grandiflorum
Washerwoman
Alternanthera caracasana
Carolina buckthorn
Frangula caroliniana
Cucumberleaf sunflower
Helianthus debilis
Nimblewill
Muhlenbergia schreberi
Prairie False Foxglove
Agalinis heterophylla
Sharp Blazing Star
Liatris acidota
Texas lantana
Lantana urticoides
Blackbrush Acacia
Vachellia rigidula
Texas Palafox
Palafoxia texana
False aloe
Manfreda virginica
Reflexed Sedge
Carex retroflexa
Lazy Daisy
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis
Prairie Nymph
Herbertia lahue
Basil Beebalm
Monarda clinopodioides
Tall Poppymallow
Callirhoe leiocarpa
Slimflower scurfpea
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Fescue Sedge
Carex festucacea
Southern wood fern
Pelazoneuron kunthii
Rosy Palafox
Palafoxia rosea
Seaside Petunia
Petunia parviflora
Baby Jump-up
Mecardonia procumbens
Coma
Sideroxylon celastrinum
Dwarf Papyrus Sedge
Cyperus haspan
Roughstem rosinweed
Silphium radula
Shiny goldenrod
Solidago nitida
Mead's Sedge
Carex meadii
Carolina Woollywhite
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
Lotebush
Ziziphus obtusifolia
Louisiana Yucca
Yucca louisianensis
Texas Coneflower
Rudbeckia texana
Soft Goldenaster
Bradburia pilosa
Chandler's Craglily
Echeandia chandleri
Blue Waterleaf
Hydrolea ovata
Roundhead prairie clover
Dalea multiflora
Beaked Panicgrass
Panicum anceps
Vasey's Wild-lime
Adelia vaseyi
Camphor Daisy
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala
Sundrops
Oenothera berlandieri
Texas Skeleton Plant
Lygodesmia texana
New Mexico Pennyroyal
Hedeoma drummondii
Bushy Aster
Symphyotrichum dumosum
Tenpetal Thimbleweed
Anemone berlandieri
Heart's Delight
Abronia ameliae
Hooker's Eryngo
Eryngium hookeri
Red Lovegrass
Eragrostis secundiflora
Scarlet Pea
Indigofera miniata
Velvet Panicum
Dichanthelium scoparium
Soft rush
Juncus effusus
Narrowleaf Witchgrass
Dichanthelium linearifolium
Silver Bluestem
Bothriochloa saccharoides
Coast Germander
Teucrium cubense
Drummond's Hedgenettle
Stachys drummondii
Prairie Acacia
Acacia angustissima
Green Sprangletop
Leptochloa dubia
Arrowleaf Sida
Sida rhombifolia
Slim-Spike Three-Awn Grass
Aristida longespica
Texas Wintergrass
Nassella leucotricha
Engelmann's prickly pear
Opuntia engelmannii
Arizona Cottontop
Digitaria californica
Stiff Yellow Flax
Linum medium
Savannah-panicgrass
Phanopyrum gymnocarpon
Western Primrose
Oenothera hartwegii
Retama
Parkinsonia aculeata
Interior Rush
Juncus interior
Texas red oak
Quercus texana
Parralena
Thymophylla pentachaeta
Scorpion's Tail
Heliotropium angiospermum
Bristly Buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
Purple Sandgrass
Triplasis purpurea
Ebony Spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
Painted Leaf Poinsettia
Euphorbia cyathophora
Louisiana Sedge
Carex louisianica
Drummond's Woodsorrel
Oxalis drummondii
Roundfruit Panicgrass
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon
Betonyleaf Mistflower
Conoclinium betonicifolium
Texas Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum hirsutum
White Milkwort
Polygala alba
Barrens Silky Aster
Symphyotrichum pratense
Lindheimer Panicgrass
Dichanthelium lindheimeri
Wright acacia
Senegalia wrightii
Pink Pappusgrass
Pappophorum bicolor
Plains Love Grass
Eragrostis intermedia
Dwarf Screwbean
Prosopis reptans var. cinerascens
Creeping Spotflower
Acmella repens
Sharpscale Sedge
Carex oxylepis
Prairie Celestials
Nemastylis geminiflora
Missouri violet
Viola missouriensis
Hairy Tube-tongue
Justicia pilosella
Slimpod Rush
Juncus diffusissimus
Heartleaf Nettle
Urtica chamaedryoides
Berlandier'S Yellow Flax
Linum berlandieri
Carolina Ponyfoot
Dichondra carolinensis
Broadwing Sedge
Carex alata
Creeping Burhead
Echinodorus cordifolius
Cut-Leaf Ironplant
Xanthisma spinulosum
Showy Fanpetals
Sida lindheimeri
Madagascar Dropseed
Sporobolus pyramidatus
Forked Panic Grass
Dichanthelium dichotomum
Axilflower
Mecardonia acuminata
Late Purple Aster
Symphyotrichum patens
Greeneyes
Berlandiera betonicifolia
Carolina Sedge
Carex caroliniana
Cypress Swamp Sedge
Carex joorii
Showy False Dragonhead
Physostegia pulchella
Brownseed Paspalum
Paspalum plicatulum
Sleepy Daisy
Xanthisma texanum
Southwestern Bristlegrass
Setaria scheelei
Coastal Stonecrop
Lenophyllum texanum
White Tridens
Tridens albescens
Bitter Beach Grass
Panicum amarum
Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Annual Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Hooded Windmill Grass
Chloris cucullata
Smallhead Sneezeweed
Helenium microcephalum
Two-flower Melic
Melica mutica
California Loosestrife
Lythrum californicum
Wood Amaranth
Iresine rhizomatosa
Thin Paspalum
Paspalum setaceum
Louisiana Spiderlily
Hymenocallis liriosme
Texas Silverpuff
Chaptalia texana
Texas Nightshade
Solanum triquetrum
Marsh Flat Sedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus
Tropical Puff
Neptunia pubescens
Devil's Bouquet
Nyctaginia capitata
Western Wild Petunia
Ruellia occidentalis
Anacahuita
Cordia boissieri
Peat Grass
Dichanthelium lanuginosum
Banana Waterlily
Nymphaea mexicana
Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja indivisa
Featherleaf Desertpeony
Acourtia runcinata
Lindheimer Beebalm
Monarda lindheimeri
Littlehip Hawthorn
Crataegus spathulata
White Four O'clock
Mirabilis albida
Roundleaf Thoroughwort
Eupatorium rotundifolium
Naked Mexican Hat
Ratibida peduncularis
Bitter Sneezeweed
Helenium amarum
Downy Lobelia
Lobelia puberula
Prairie-Gentian
Eustoma exaltatum
Nodding Beardtongue
Penstemon laxiflorus
Big sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
Chisme
Portulaca pilosa
Torrey's Rush
Juncus torreyi
Small White Aster
Symphyotrichum racemosum
Trailing Ratany
Krameria lanceolata
Feather Pennisetum
Setaria parviflora
Obedience
Physostegia virginiana
Big Bluestem
Andropogon gerardii
Common Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Blue Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum
Polarplant
Silphium laciniatum
Horse-mint
Monarda punctata
Canadian Elder
Sambucus canadensis
Green Antelopehorns
Asclepias viridis
Bastard Indigo-bush
Amorpha fruticosa
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Judastree
Cercis canadensis
Maximilian's Sunflower
Helianthus maximiliani
Redtop
Tridens flavus
Pickerel-weed
Pontederia cordata
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Golden Cassia
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Indian-currant
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Path Rush
Juncus tenuis
White Doll's Daisy
Boltonia asteroides
Texas Wisteria
Wisteria frutescens
Illinois Bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis
Purple Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata
Calliopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Buttonball
Platanus occidentalis
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
Heal-all
Prunella vulgaris
Broom-sedge
Andropogon virginicus
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
Lizard's-tail
Saururus cernuus
Black Willow
Salix nigra
Poison-milkweed
Euphorbia corollata
Crossvine
Bignonia capreolata
Frostweed
Verbesina virginica
Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
Anisescented Goldenrod
Solidago odora
Eastern Gama Grass
Tripsacum dactyloides
Wax Myrtle
Morella cerifera
Ash-leaf Maple
Acer negundo
White Snakeroot
Ageratina altissima
Hop Sedge
Carex lupulina
Red Mulberry
Morus rubra
Shallow Sedge
Carex lurida
Possom-haw Holly
Ilex decidua
American Elm
Ulmus americana
Chickasaw Plum
Prunus angustifolia
Missouri Ironweed
Vernonia missurica
American Angelica-tree
Aralia spinosa
Drummond's Dogwood
Cornus drummondii
Broomsedge
Andropogon glomeratus
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
Green Milkweed
Asclepias hirtella
White Evening-primrose
Oenothera speciosa
Purple Threeawn
Aristida purpurea
Catfoot
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Groovestem Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum plantagineum
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa
Canada Onion
Allium canadense
Tall Aster
Symphyotrichum praealtum
Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
Cenizo
Leucophyllum frutescens
Plains Yellow Primrose
Oenothera serrulata
Kidneywood
Eysenhardtia texana
Great Scouring-rush
Equisetum hyemale
Snapdragon Vine
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Fall Boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
Saltmarsh Fleabane
Pluchea odorata
Fragrant Water-lily
Nymphaea odorata
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Cooper's-reed
Typha latifolia
Cedar Elm
Ulmus crassifolia
Winged Elm
Ulmus alata
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Pale Spikerush
Eleocharis macrostachya
Agarita
Berberis trifoliolata
Huisache
Vachellia farnesiana
Alamo Vine
Merremia dissecta
Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
Smooth Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Carolina Larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum
Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Parsley Hawthorn
Crataegus marshallii
Texas Lantana
Lantana horrida
American Holly
Ilex opaca
Yellow Passionflower
Passiflora lutea
Sawgrass
Cladium jamaicense
Groundselbush
Baccharis halimifolia
Springbeauty
Claytonia virginica
Green Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides
Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera
Narrowleaf Willow
Salix exigua
Dragon-arum
Arisaema dracontium
Hercules Club
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Texas Virgin's Bower
Clematis drummondii
Marsh-elder
Iva frutescens
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
Late Goldenrod
Solidago altissima
Texas Mountain Laurel
Dermatophyllum secundiflorum
False Aloe
Manfreda maculosa
Nogal Morado
Carya illinoinensis
Great Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow
Kosteletzkya virginica
Dudley's Rush
Juncus dudleyi
Smooth Cordgrass
Spartina alterniflora
Fragrant Mistflower
Chromolaena odorata
Great Plains Goldentop
Euthamia gymnospermoides
Southern Red Oak
Quercus falcata
Railroad Vine
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Catclaw Acacia
Senegalia roemeriana
Stiff Dogwood
Cornus foemina
Western Prickly-pear
Opuntia macrorhiza
Big Cordgrass
Spartina cynosuroides
Red-Root Flat Sedge
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Mexican Primrose Willow
Ludwigia octovalvis
Carolina Wolfberry
Lycium carolinianum
Beebrush
Aloysia gratissima
Greater Bladder Sedge
Carex intumescens
Clasping Venus's-looking-glass
Triodanis perfoliata
Giant Cane
Arundinaria gigantea
Globe Beaksedge
Rhynchospora globularis
Long-Flower Gaura
Oenothera filiformis
Turk's Cap
Malvaviscus arboreus
Texas Paloverde
Parkinsonia texana
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Winter Bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis
Variegated Spurge
Euphorbia marginata
Creeping Spike-rush
Eleocharis palustris
Rattlesnake-weed
Daucus pusillus
Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata
Spanish Dagger
Yucca treculeana
American Lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides
Carolina Moonseed
Cocculus carolinus
Pearl Milkweed Vine
Matelea reticulata
Lance-leaf Fogfruit
Phyla lanceolata
Muhlenberg's Sedge
Carex muehlenbergii
Chairmaker's-rush
Schoenoplectus pungens
Sloe Plum
Prunus umbellata
Two-wing Silverbell
Halesia diptera
Rio Grande Butterfly Bush
Buddleja sessiliflora
Violet Wood-sorrel
Oxalis violacea
Slick-seed Fuzzy Bean
Strophostyles leiosperma
Salt Grass
Distichlis spicata
Beach Morning Glory
Ipomoea imperati
Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
Early Buttercup
Ranunculus fascicularis
Virginia Saltmarsh-mallow
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
Pigeonberry
Phytolacca americana
Water Hickory
Carya aquatica
Bulltongue Arrowhead
Sagittaria lancifolia
Hairy Clover Fern
Marsilea vestita
Panicled Tick-clover
Desmodium paniculatum
Michaelmas Daisy
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Black Sumac
Rhus copallina
Blue Mud-plantain
Heteranthera limosa
Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
Beaked Panicgrass
Coleataenia anceps
Catclaw Briar
Mimosa nuttallii
Christmas Cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Fourvalve Mimosa
Mimosa quadrivalvis
Cockspur Hawthorn
Crataegus crus-galli
Old-witch Grass
Panicum capillare
Torrey Yucca
Yucca torreyi
Needle Spike-rush
Eleocharis acicularis
Prickly Russian Thistle
Salsola tragus
Bristleleaf Pricklyleaf
Thymophylla tenuiloba
Horseweed
Conyza canadensis
Wingpod Purslane
Portulaca umbraticola
Prairie Cup Grass
Eriochloa contracta
Old-Field Three-Awn
Aristida oligantha
Texas-pea
Astragalus nuttallianus
White Prickly Poppy
Argemone albiflora
Japanese Climbing Fern
Lygodium japonicum
Dog Fennel
Eupatorium capillifolium
Shrubby Blue Sage
Salvia ballotiflora
Curled Dock
Rumex crispus
Dwarf Groundcherry
Physalis pumila
Fringed Violet
Viola sagittata
Marsh Obedient Plant
Physostegia intermedia
Shellflower
Pistia stratiotes
Pennsylvania Pellitory
Parietaria pensylvanica
Texas Sabal Palm
Sabal mexicana
Drummond Red Maple
Acer rubrum var. drummondii
Procession Flower
Polygala incarnata
Sierra Madre Torchwood
Amyris madrensis
Common Purslane
Portulaca oleracea
Winged Water-primrose
Ludwigia decurrens
Heller's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Water Star-grass
Heteranthera dubia
Escarpment Live Oak
Quercus fusiformis
Smooth Cordgrass
Sporobolus alterniflorus
Berlandier's Wolfberry
Lycium berlandieri
Pyramid Flower
Melochia pyramidata
Lime Prickly-Ash
Zanthoxylum fagara
Guayacan
Guaiacum angustifolium
Muscadine Grape
Vitis rotundifolia
Purple Bindweed
Ipomoea cordatotriloba
Mexican Ash
Fraxinus berlandieriana
Powdery Thalia
Thalia dealbata
Gulf Cordgrass
Spartina spartinae
Southern Jointweed
Polygonella americana
Knotgrass
Paspalum distichum
Snake-eyes
Phaulothamnus spinescens
Hairy Pinweed
Lechea mucronata
Netleaf Hackberry
Celtis reticulata
Showy Palafoxia
Palafoxia hookeriana
Duckweed
Lemna minor
Prostrate Sandmat
Euphorbia prostrata
Swamp Leatherflower
Clematis crispa
Lesser Swine-cress
Coronopus didymus
Bushy Lipia
Lippia alba
Golden Colicroot
Aletris aurea
Talayote
Cynanchum racemosum
Brushholly
Xylosma flexuosa
Spiny Hackberry
Celtis pallida
Little Scullcap
Scutellaria parvula
Hachinal
Heimia salicifolia
Texas Hog Plum
Colubrina texensis
Poison-bean
Sesbania drummondii
Carolina Elephantsfoot
Elephantopus carolinianus
Golden Corydalis
Corydalis micrantha
Branched Foldwing
Dicliptera brachiata
Chisos Mountain False Indian Mallow
Allowissadula holosericea
Texas Baby-bonnets
Coursetia axillaris
Cynthiana Grape
Vitis aestivalis
Sleepy Catchfly
Silene antirrhina
Creeping Love Grass
Eragrostis hypnoides
Evergreen Oak
Smilax rotundifolia
Florida Paspalum
Paspalum floridanum
Texas Ebony
Ebenopsis ebano
Spurred Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum
Carolina Geranium
Geranium carolinianum
Variable Leaf Snailseed
Cocculus diversifolius
Toothcup
Ammannia coccinea
Twistleaf Goldenrod
Solidago tortifolia
Cut-leaf Evening-primrose
Oenothera laciniata
Bladdermallow
Herissantia crispa
Rough Milk Thistle
Sonchus asper
Dwarf Sundew
Drosera brevifolia
Horrid Thistle
Cirsium horridulum
Hampshire-purslane
Ludwigia palustris
Mudbabies
Echinodorus tenellus
Mexican Trixis
Trixis inula
Forked Rush
Juncus dichotomus
Southern Bog Clubmoss
Lycopodiella appressa
Narrowleaf Pinweed
Lechea tenuifolia
Woodrush Flatsedge
Cyperus entrerianus
Cylindricfruit Primrose-willow
Ludwigia glandulosa
London Rocket
Sisymbrium irio
Multibloom Hoarypea
Tephrosia onobrychoides
Texas Torchwood
Amyris texana
Little Bur-clover
Medicago minima
Spotted Sandmat
Euphorbia supina
Carolina Anemone
Anemone caroliniana
Mustang Grape
Vitis mustangensis
Common Chickweed
Stellaria media
Florida Pellitory
Parietaria floridana
Biscuit Grass
Paspalum vaginatum
Ground-cherry
Physalis pubescens
Balloon-cherry
Physalis angulata
Bluntleaf Bedstraw
Galium obtusum
Balsam Gourd
Ibervillea lindheimeri
Hardy Orange
Citrus trifoliata
Redseed Plantain
Plantago rhodosperma
Squarestem Spikerush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Spring Forget-me-not
Myosotis verna
Herbwilliam
Ptilimnium capillaceum
Laurel Oak
Quercus laurifolia
Nodding Beaksedge
Rhynchospora inexpansa
Slender Scratchdaisy
Croptilon divaricatum
Canada Sanicle
Sanicula canadensis
White Twinheads
Eclipta prostrata
Fetid Passionflower
Passiflora foetida
Smooth Buttonweed
Spermacoce glabra
Prairie Bluets
Stenaria nigricans
Velvet Lantana
Lantana achyranthifolia
Gulf Vervain
Verbena xutha
Necklaceweed
Veronica peregrina
Bird'S-Eye
Anagallis arvensis
Erect Dayflower
Commelina erecta
Bagpod
Sesbania vesicaria
Longleaf Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus
Southern Cattail
Typha domingensis
Russian Mulberry
Morus alba
Coontail
Ceratophyllum demersum
Poorland Flatsedge
Cyperus compressus
Tropical Amaranth
Amaranthus polygonoides
Crucillo
Randia obcordata
Beaked Tasselweed
Ruppia maritima
Six-weeks Fescue
Vulpia octoflora
Annual Seepweed
Suaeda linearis
Thyme-leaf Sandwort
Arenaria serpyllifolia
Sessile Tick-Clover
Desmodium sessilifolium
Hairy Rosette Panicgrass
Dichanthelium acuminatum
White Spikerush
Eleocharis albida
Texas Croton
Croton texensis
Desert Yaupon
Schaefferia cuneifolia
Turnsole
Heliotropium indicum
Green Hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
Tamaulipan Fiddlewood
Citharexylum berlandieri
Poison-ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
Carolina Mosquitofern
Azolla caroliniana
Running Mountaingrass
Oplismenus compositus
White Cutgrass
Leersia virginica
Anglestem Primrose-willow
Ludwigia leptocarpa
Fiddle Dock
Rumex pulcher
Balloonvine
Cardiospermum halicacabum
Plains Sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris
Bulbous Adderstongue
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides
Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel
Oxalis dillenii
Hoary Plantain
Plantago virginica
Broomweed
Malvastrum coromandelianum
Spiny Sida
Sida spinosa
Hairy Umbrella-sedge
Fuirena squarrosa
Slender Copperleaf
Acalypha gracilens
Chintul
Cyperus articulatus
Trailing Fuzzybean
Strophostyles helvola
Poverty Weed
Baccharis neglecta
Arrow-Feather
Aristida purpurascens
Hoary Bowlesia
Bowlesia incana
Beach False Foxglove
Agalinis fasciculata
Vahl's Fimbry
Fimbristylis vahlii
Short-point Flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
Resurrection Fern
Pleopeltis polypodioides
Alligator-weed
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Keeled Bulrush
Isolepis carinata
Blue Toadflax
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Mucronate Sprangletop
Leptochloa panicea
Small Venus' Looking-glass
Triodanis biflora
Sawtooth Blackberry
Rubus argutus
Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
Texas Madeiravine
Anredera vesicaria
Small-flowered Gaura
Oenothera curtiflora
Slender Amaranth
Amaranthus viridis
Barbados Cherry
Malpighia glabra
Roughpod Spurge
Euphorbia spathulata
Brown Beetle-grass
Diplachne fusca
Canada Spikesedge
Eleocharis geniculata
Floating Pennywort
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Pink Thoroughwort
Fleischmannia incarnata
Swamp Sawgrass
Cladium mariscus
Earth-almond
Cyperus esculentus
Roman-wormwood
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Annual Bluegrass
Poa annua
Potato Dwarfdandelion
Krigia dandelion
Twoheaded Water-starwort
Callitriche heterophylla
Moist-bank-pimpernel
Lindernia dubia
Little Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes tuberosa
American Cotton
Gossypium hirsutum
Seaside Petunia
Calibrachoa parviflora
Least Pepperwort
Lepidium virginicum
Common Ground-cherry
Physalis longifolia
Silvery Everlasting
Gamochaeta argyrinea
Erect Spiderling
Boerhavia erecta
Browne's savory
Clinopodium brownei
Beach Pearlwort
Sagina decumbens
Roughfruit Amaranth
Amaranthus tuberculatus
Heart-leaf Ampelopsis
Ampelopsis cordata
Arkansas Leastdaisy
Chaetopappa asteroides
Dull Meadow-pitcher
Rhexia mariana
Horseweed
Ambrosia trifida
Field Burweed
Soliva sessilis
Spanish-needles
Bidens bipinnata
Vasey's Grass
Paspalum urvillei
Jesusplant
Persicaria maculosa
Largeseed Forget-me-not
Myosotis macrosperma
Slender Spikerush
Eleocharis tenuis
Celery Buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus
Carolina Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
Durban Crowfoot
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Glossy Nightshade
Solanum ptychanthum
Field Paspalum
Paspalum laeve
Bracted Fanpetals
Sida ciliaris
Japanese Poinsettia
Euphorbia heterophylla
American Sicklepod
Senna obtusifolia
Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata
Clammy Ground-cherry
Physalis heterophylla
Tropic Croton
Croton glandulosus
Narrowleaf Four O'clock
Mirabilis linearis
Rustweed
Polypremum procumbens
Hairy Small-leaf Ticktrefoil
Desmodium ciliare
Low Spearwort
Ranunculus pusillus
Broad-leaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
Beaked Spikerush
Eleocharis rostellata
Humped Bladderwort
Utricularia gibba
Pigweed
Chenopodium berlandieri
Limestone Adder's-tongue
Ophioglossum engelmannii
Crow-poison
Nothoscordum bivalve
Marsh Mermaidweed
Proserpinaca palustris
Marsh Cress
Rorippa palustris
Pineland Beaksedge
Rhynchospora perplexa
Scarlet Spiderling
Boerhavia coccinea
Carolina Fimbry
Fimbristylis puberula
Swamp Ricegrass
Leersia hexandra
Climbing Hempvine
Mikania scandens
Spring Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes vernalis
Needlepod Rush
Juncus scirpoides
Eyebane
Chamaesyce nutans
Fewflower Nutrush
Scleria pauciflora
Mouse-ear Chickweed
Cerastium glomeratum
California-bur
Xanthium strumarium
Texas Bull-nettle
Cnidoscolus texanus
Carolina Horse-nettle
Solanum carolinense
Lowland Rotala
Rotala ramosior
False Nut Sedge
Cyperus strigosus
Gronovius Dodder
Cuscuta gronovii
Climbing Dayflower
Commelina diffusa
Bearded Flat Sedge
Cyperus squarrosus
Rattan Vine
Berchemia scandens
Little Barley
Hordeum pusillum
Florida Snake-cotton
Froelichia floridana
Green Flatsedge
Cyperus virens
Sandbar Willow
Salix interior
Roundfruit Hedgehyssop
Gratiola virginiana
Dwarf Umbrella-sedge
Fuirena pumila
Slender Plantain
Plantago heterophylla
Blowball
Taraxacum officinale
Dotted Smartweed
Persicaria punctata
Texas Ragwort
Senecio ampullaceus
Horseweed
Erigeron canadensis
Densetuft Hairsedge
Bulbostylis capillaris
Smallflower Groundcherry
Physalis cinerascens
Upright Burhead
Echinodorus berteroi
Florida Bluehearts
Buchnera floridana
Woolly Croton
Croton capitatus
California Caltrop
Kallstroemia californica
Narrowleaf Gumweed
Grindelia lanceolata
Maryland Milkwort
Polygala mariana
Narrow-leaf Paleseed
Leucospora multifida
Globe Flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
False Hop Sedge
Carex lupuliformis
Chickenweed
Euphorbia hypericifolia
American Burnweed
Erechtites hieraciifolius
Sixweeks Grama
Bouteloua barbata
Musquashroot
Cicuta maculata
Melon
Cucumis melo
Yellow Sweetclover
Melilotus officinalis
Coffeebush
Leucaena leucocephala
Stiff-stem Flax
Linum rigidum
Sandpaper Tree
Ehretia anacua
Southern Bluet
Houstonia micrantha
Needleleaf Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium aciculare
Coastal Plain Witchgrass
Dichanthelium longiligulatum
Hairy Buttercup
Ranunculus sardous
Dunbible-weed
Ambrosia psilostachya
Blackfoot Quillwort
Isoetes melanopoda
Wild Tantan
Desmanthus virgatus
Cutleaf Water-Milfoil
Myriophyllum pinnatum
Blunt Spikerush
Eleocharis obtusa
Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea
Calingale
Cyperus odoratus
Vine Mesquite
Hopia obtusa
Bigtop Lovegrass
Eragrostis hirsuta
Louisiana Lettuce
Lactuca ludoviciana
Tenangle Pipewort
Eriocaulon decangulare
Dyer's Woodruff
Asperula tinctoria
Yellow Spikerush
Eleocharis flavescens
Carolina Water-shield
Cabomba caroliniana
Poorjoe
Diodia teres
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
Laceflower
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Broomweed
Amphiachyris dracunculoides
Disk Waterhyssop
Bacopa rotundifolia
Longleaf Plantain
Plantago elongata
Whiteroot Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
American Cudweed
Gamochaeta purpurea
Spotted Sandmat
Euphorbia maculata
Carolina Crabgrass
Digitaria cognata
Rough False Pennyroyal
Hedeoma hispida
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
Bedstraw
Galium tinctorium
Dallisgrass
Paspalum dilatatum
Great Plains Ragwort
Packera tampicana
Smallflower Baby Blue Eyes
Nemophila aphylla
Tansy Dogshade
Limnosciadium pinnatum
Pennsylvania Bittercress
Cardamine pensylvanica
Creeping-cucumber
Melothria pendula
Texas Star
Sabatia campestris
Beaked-sandbur
Solanum rostratum
Black Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Southern Prairie Aster
Eurybia hemispherica
California-rape
Sinapis arvensis
Coast Barnyard Grass
Echinochloa walteri
Redroot
Amaranthus retroflexus
Heartwing Sorrel
Rumex hastatulus
Puerto Rico Fimbristylis
Fimbristylis autumnalis
Chickenspike
Sphenoclea zeylanica
Pink Smartweed
Persicaria bicornis
Hairy-pod Pepperwort
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Matted Sandmat
Euphorbia serpens
Dwarf Spike-rush
Eleocharis parvula
Tiny Bluet
Houstonia pusilla
Umbrella Sedge
Cyperus iria
Swamp Hornpod
Mitreola sessilifolia
Lanceleaf Greenbrier
Smilax smallii
Cleavers
Galium aparine
Seaside Brookweed
Samolus parviflorus
Stinking Camphorweed
Pluchea foetida
Large-flower Pink-sorrel
Oxalis debilis
Denseflower Knotweed
Persicaria glabra
Bahiagrass
Paspalum notatum
Smut Grass
Sporobolus indicus
Carelessweed
Amaranthus palmeri
Littletooth Sedge
Carex microdonta
False Water-pepper
Persicaria hydropiperoides
Shoreline Seapurslane
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Ridge-seed Spurge
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Saltmarsh Morning-glory
Ipomoea sagittata
Longstem Adderstongue
Ophioglossum petiolatum
Common Duckmeat
Spirodela polyrhiza
Lace Grass
Eragrostis capillaris
Bunchy Flat Sedge
Cyperus polystachyos
Southern Marsh Yellowcress
Rorippa teres
Creeping Bush-clover
Lespedeza repens
Sand Bittercress
Cardamine parviflora
Prairie-berry
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Babyslippers
Hybanthus verticillatus
Marsh Parsley
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
Marsh-elder
Iva annua
Annual Saltmarsh Aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum
Chocolateweed
Melochia corchorifolia
Persian-lilac
Melia azedarach
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